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give or takeApproximately; plus or minus some unknown amount.Rate it:

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go a long wayTo be adequate or helpful for a significant amount of time.Rate it:

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grease paymentA 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.Rate it:

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great dealA large number or amount.Rate it:

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gym bunnyA person who spends a large amount of time working out at a gym and who may be obsessed with improving his or her physique. Often said of a gay man, but also said of women and heterosexual men.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackAn amount that is difficult to finance.Rate it:

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head of steamAmount of energy.Rate it:

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hold one's liquorTo be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.Rate it:

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huckleberryA small amount, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.Rate it:

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in nothing flatA very short amount of time; no time at all.Rate it:

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keep the changeAn instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tipRate it:

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lead timeThe 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.Rate it:

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like drinking through a fire hoseUsed to express the challenge of assimilating a large amount of information quicklyRate it:

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lubrication paymentA 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.Rate it:

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mad moneyA sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.Rate it:

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make haste slowlyTo do haste properly to reduce the amount of mistakes.Rate it:

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make it rainto throw a substantial amount of paper money so that it falls on a crowd, audience, performer, or group of performers, often as a way to show off one's wealthRate it:

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many a mickle makes a muckle(UK) a lot of small amounts together, become a large amount.Rate it:

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meat on one's bonesAn amount of flesh on one's body that stops one from being very skinny.Rate it:

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money's worthA good or service which is considered to be of a value equal to or greater than the amount of money expended for it.Rate it:

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Nickel-and-DimeUnimportant, minor, involving small amount of money, Rate it:

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not a zackNo amount of money; no money at all.Rate it:

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not worth a hill of beanssomething is of no value; worthless; also said like this:didn't amount to a hill of beansRate it:

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nothing flatAmount of time; no time at all.Rate it:

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nugget of truthA small amount of truth in a generally untrue statement.Rate it:

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one's socks offWith a large amount of effort or intensity.Rate it:

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pack into include (especially of a large amount)Rate it:

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patience of jobAn great amount of patience.Rate it:

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pay backto pay an amount of money owed to another, to repayRate it:

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pay packetthe amount a person earns from employment.Rate it:

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pay through the noseTo pay a high price, especially an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner.Rate it:

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Penny – Wise and Pound – FoolishTo care about trivial things and be careless about important things, saving small amount of money and be extravagant about large sum of moneyRate it:

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pin moneyA relatively small sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases; an amount of money which is not particularly significant. [from 18th c.]Rate it:

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pretty pennyA considerable amount of money; a high price or a high income.Rate it:

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quantity theory of moneyEconomic theory claiming that an increase in the amount of money in circulation causes a proportionate increase in prices. The theory dates from the 17th century and was elaborated by the US economist Irving Fisher (1867-1947).Rate it:

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rat run/runningA small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes.Rate it:

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rise over runA mnemonic for remembering that the slope of a non-vertical line is the ratio of the amount it rises over some interval, over the length of that interval.Rate it:

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say whenAn imperative form used to request that the interlocutor indicate when one should stop doing something, esp. pouring a drink, because one has reached a sufficient amount.Rate it:

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scale backTo make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.Rate it:

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scale downTo reduce the cost of a process, or the amount spent on something.Rate it:

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small changeA minor or insignificant amount of money.Rate it:

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smell of an oily ragA very small amount, or the absolute minimum (usually of money).Rate it:

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split the differenceIn a financial transaction, to settle on an amount midway between the offer and the asking price.Rate it:

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spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tarTo have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.Rate it:

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stroke of businessa large or considerable amountRate it:

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take a bathTo lose a large amount of money in an investment.Rate it:

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time banditSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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time burglarSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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time thiefSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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tinker’s damInsignificant; something of little value; a worthless amount; the smallest degreeRate it:

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