a dime's worth »
An insignificant amount.
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add up »
To accumulate; to amount to.
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against all odds »
Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
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bank night »
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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bottom line »
The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
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cash cow »
Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker.
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chip in »
To put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue.
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chump change »
An amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
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clean up »
To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.
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clock up »
To accumulate a large amount of time.
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come to »
To total; to amount to.
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consume mass quantities »
To eat or drink abundant amounts of food or beverage.
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consume mass quantities »
To use large amounts of any resource.
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cut down »
To reduce the amount of something.
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damn with faint praise »
To provide praise that is so minimal or inconsequential as to actually amount to criticism.
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don't be penny wise and pound foolish »
Don't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.
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double up »
To double the quantity, amount or duration of something.
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dribs and drabs »
A series of negligible amounts.
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drink from a firehose »
To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity.
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drip »
To put a small amount of a liquid on something, drop by drop.
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enough is as good as a feast »
Just the right amount is as good as more than enough: there is no value in excess.
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face value »
The amount or value listed on a bill, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount.
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faith will move mountains »
Belief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.
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feather one's nest »
To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth.
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four-on-the-floor »
Relating to a vehicle with a four-speed manual transmission mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.
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full whack »
The whole amount.
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get over »
surmount
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get over »
cross, surmount
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get stuck in »
To dedicate a large amount of effort towards.
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gets down »
dismounts
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give or take »
Approximately; plus or minus some unknown amount.
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go by the board »
To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.
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grease payment »
A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
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hold one's liquor »
To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.
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hustle and bustle »
A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.
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if the mountain won't come to Muhammad »
"If one cannot get one's own way, one must bow to the inevitable.".
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lead time »
The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.
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lion »
A large cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a whole, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.
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lubrication payment »
A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
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mad money »
A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.
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make a killing »
To win or earn a large amount of money.
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make a mountain out of a molehill »
To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
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many a mickle makes a muckle »
(UK) a lot of small amounts together, become a large amount.
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mouse potato »
A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.
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nickel and dime »
Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
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not a zack »
No amount of money; no money at all.
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nothing flat »
Amount of time; no time at all.
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nugget of truth »
A small amount of truth in a generally untrue statement.
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patience of Job »
An great amount of patience.
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pay through the nose »
To pay a high price, especially an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner.
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pay up »
To pay for something in total, after a certain amount of time after receiving a purchase.
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penny wise and pound foolish »
Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts.
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pretty penny »
A considerable amount of money; a high price or a high income.
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proverbs run in pairs »
Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.
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put down »
To pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase.
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put up »
To hang or mount.
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quite a bit »
A considerable amount.
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run to »
To reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.
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same difference »
It makes no difference; it amounts to the same thing.
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scrape together »
To collect, assemble or gather small amounts , from various sources, with some difficulty.
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small change »
A minor or insignificant amount of money.
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snow on the mountaintop »
Gray or white hair on one's head, especially as an indication of aging.
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spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar »
To have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.
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take a bath »
To lose a large amount of money in an investment.
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three-on-the-tree »
On an automobile, describing the gearshift lever of a steering column-mounted three-speed manual transmission.
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top dollar »
The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.
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tuits »
Virtual tokens for an amount of time or attention that a particular issue would need to resolve.
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turn down »
To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
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turn heads »
To garner a considerable amount of attention.
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turn up »
To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
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two bob »
A small amount of value.
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two cents »
A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
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warm up »
To prepare for executing an already-learned activity by a limited amount of additional practice.
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world »
A great amount.
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