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A fool and his
money
are soon parted
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
A penny saved is a penny earned
A ton of
money
As patient as
Job
As you
make
your bed so must you lie on it
Ask a silly question and you'll
get
a silly answer
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Bad
money
drives out good
Beecham's pills
make
all the difference ( Beecham's Pills advertising slogan )
Before you
make
up your mind, open it ( Irish Independent advertising slogan )
Blood
money
Blow
job
Boob
job
Botched
job
Buy Opera today And
make
this banner go away ( Opera advertising slogan )
Buy now
pay
later
Buy one,
get
one free
Can I
Get
A Witness? ( Marvin Gaye song )
Can't
Get
Enough of That Golden Crisp ( Golden Crisp Cereals advertising slogan )
Can't
Get
You Out of My Head ( Kylie Minogue song )
Can't
get
enough of this ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Can't
make
head or tail of it
Can't pay, won't
pay
( Political slogan )
Come And
Get
It ( Badfinger song )
Come and
get
it
Couldn't
make
head or tail of it
Crime doesn't
pay
Crunch all you want, we'll
make
more ( Doritos advertising slogan )
Cut a wide swathe (
make
a pompous display )
Daily grind ( the daily routine of a dull or boring
job
)
Details
make
the difference
Did you
get
dressed in the dark?
Does it
make
sense to jump out of a warm bed into a cold cereal? ( Quaker Oats advertising slogan )
Doesn't
make
a blind bit of difference
Doing a sterling
job
Don't
get
a complex,
get
Amplex ( Amplex Deodorant advertising slogan )
Don't
get
a face on
Don't
get
mad
get
even
Don't
get
me started
Don't
get
vexed, ask Teletext ( Teletext advertising slogan )
Don't
get
your balls in an uproar
Don't
get
your knickers in a knot
Don't
get
your knickers in a twist
Don't
get
your tits in the wringer
Don't
get
your wires crossed
Don't give up the day
job
Don't
make
a big production out of it
Don't
make
a federal case of it
Don't
make
a peep
Don't
make
waves
Earn an honest penny
Earn your corn
Earn your stripes
Earned his wings
Easy
money
Empty vessels
make
the most noise
Enough to
make
a cat laugh
Enough to
make
the angels weep
Enough to
make
you sick
Enough to
make
your hair curl
Equal pay, equal time ( Bulova Watches advertising slogan )
Even
money
Fake it till you
make
it
Fall down on the
job
Flattery will
get
you everywhere
Flattery will
get
you nowhere
Folding
money
For love or
money
For mash
get
Smash ( Cadbury's Smash advertising slogan )
For my,
money
From the
get
go
Front
money
Funny
money
Gain
admittance
Gain
advantage
Gain
ground
Gay for
pay
Get
Back ( The Beatles song )
Get
Buckets ( Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis )
Get
N or
get
out ( Nintendo 64 advertising slogan )
Get
Off My Cloud ( Rolling Stones song )
Get
Rich quick ( Kenco Really Rich Coffee advertising slogan )
Get
a bang out of something
Get
a can on
Get
a feel for
Get
a fix on
Get
a gold star ( earn a merit point for doing well )
Get
a grip
Get
a handle on
Get
a kick out of it
Get
a legger on
Get
a life
Get
a little extra help ( Halifax advertising slogan )
Get
a load of that
Get
a load on
Get
a move on
Get
a shift on
Get
a toehold
Get
a wiggle on
Get
a word in edgeways
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Get
above yourself
Get
around to it
Get
at
Get
away from it all
Get
away with it
Get
away with murder
Get
away with you!
Get
away! ( Lunn Polly advertising slogan )
Get
back at
Get
back on your feet
Get
back together
Get
back your oo with Typhoo ( Typhoo Tea advertising slogan )
Get
behind in your work
Get
busy with the fizzy ( Soda Stream advertising slogan )
Get
by
Get
carried away
Get
connected! ( G4 advertising slogan )
Get
cracking
Get
down
Get
down Shep ( A catchphrase from John Noakes On Blue Peter )
Get
down and dirty
Get
down and
get
funky
Get
down to brass tacks
Get
down to business
Get
down with the kids
Get
even
Get
fresh
Get
good wood on it
Get
hitched
Get
hold of the wrong end of the stick
Get
hooked on
Get
in on the act
Get
in on the ground floor
Get
in shape
Get
in your hair
Get
into a scrape
Get
into bed with
Get
into deep water
Get
into gear
Get
into hot water
Get
into shape
Get
into someone's pants
Get
into the habit
Get
into the swing of it
Get
into your stride
Get
it in the neck
Get
it into your head
Get
it off your chest
Get
it on
Get
it out of your system
Get
it straight
Get
it together
Get
it up
Get
knotted
Get
laid
Get
loaded
Get
lost
Get
more ( T-Mobile advertising slogan )
Get
my drift
Get
naked
Get
no change out of someone
Get
nowhere fast
Get
off lightly
Get
off my back
Get
off my case
Get
off my tail
Get
off on the right foot
Get
off on the wrong foot
Get
off the dime
Get
off the ground
Get
off the mark
Get
off to a bad start
Get
off to a flying start
Get
off with
Get
off your arse
Get
off your bike
Get
off your high horse
Get
on in life
Get
on like a house on fire
Get
on with it
Get
on your hind legs
Get
on your nerves
Get
out of hand
Get
out of jail free
Get
out of jail free card ( a means of avoiding justice - from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame )
Get
out of my face
Get
out of my hair
Get
out of that ( A catchphrase from Eric Morecambe )
Get
out of the wrong side of the bed
Get
out there ( Royal Caribbean cruise lines advertising slogan )
Get
over it
Get
over yourself
Get
ready to rumble ( prepare to fight or do battle )
Get
real
Get
religion
Get
rich quick
Get
round the table
Get
shot of
Get
shut of
Get
some shuteye
Get
straight to the point
Get
stuck in
Get
stuffed
Get
stupid
Get
the Abbey habit ( Abbey National advertising slogan )
Get
the ball rolling
Get
the better of
Get
the bit between your teeth
Get
the chop
Get
the creative juices flowing
Get
the drift
Get
the drop on
Get
the feel of
Get
the hang of it
Get
the hell out of Dodge
Get
the jump on
Get
the lead out
Get
the low down
Get
the message
Get
the monkey off my back
Get
the needle
Get
the picture
Get
the point
Get
the push
Get
the sack
Get
the scoop
Get
the show on the road
Get
the upper hand
Get
thee behind me Satan
Get
thee to a nunnery
Get
to first base
Get
to first base with
Get
to grips with
Get
to second base
Get
to the bottom of
Get
to the end of your tether
Get
to the heart of the matter
Get
under way
Get
under your feet
Get
under your skin
Get
up and go
Get
up steam
Get
up to speed
Get
up your nose
Get
used to it
Get
weaving
Get
well soon
Get
while the getting's good
Get
while the going is good
Get
wind of
Get
with it
Get
with the program
Get
your act together
Get
your ass into gear
Get
your ass over here
Get
your coat
Get
your coat, you've pulled
Get
your ducks in a row
Get
your end away
Get
your eye in
Get
your facts straight
Get
your family into Shape, without them even noticing ( St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan )
Get
your feet under the table
Get
your feet wet
Get
your fingers burnt
Get
your foot in the door
Get
your hands dirty
Get
your head around something
Get
your head down
Get
your head together
Get
your hooks into something
Get
your kit off
Get
your leg over
Get
your lumps
Get
your marching orders
Get
your message across
Get
your money's worth
Get
your monkey up
Get
your paws on it
Get
your retaliation in first
Get
your rocks off
Get
your shit together
Get
your skates on
Get
your smile on ( Lay's potato chips advertising slogan )
Get
your tanks off my lawn
Get
your teeth into
Get
your ticket punched
Get
your toe in the door
Get
your way
Glove
money
Go ahead,
make
my day ( A catchphrase from Sudden Impact )
Go on punk
make
my day
Good fences
make
good neighbours
Got To
Get
You Into My Life ( The Beatles song )
Graded grains
make
finer flour ( Homepride Flour advertising slogan )
Hand
job
Hard cases
make
bad law
Hatchet
job
Hazards of the
job
Hell to
pay
Hey Jude, Don't
Make
It Bad ( The Beatles song lyric )
Hold down a
job
Hot
money
How does the wireless industry
make
you feel? ( Sprint PCS advertising slogan )
Hush
money
I Can't
Get
No Satisfaction ( Rolling Stones song )
I
Get
Around ( Beach Boys song )
I didn't
get
where I am today ( A catchphrase from Martin Clunes In Reggie Perrin )
I
get
knocked down, but I
get
up again ( Chumbawumba song )
I
get
no respect, I tell ya ( A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue )
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they
make
as they go by ( Douglas Adams quotation )
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to
make
an exception ( Groucho Marx line )
I will
make
you fishers of men
I'll
Get
By With Little Help From My Friends ( The Beatles song )
I'll
make
it my business
I'm A Celebrity
Get
Me Out Of Here ( Reality TV show )
I'm a celebrity
get
me out of here
I'm going to
make
him an offer he can't refuse ( The Godfather )
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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I'm not made of
money
I'm only doing my
job
I've fallen and I can't
get
up! ( LifeCall Personal Emergency Response Systems advertising slogan )
If a
job
is worth doing it is worth doing well
If enough people would stop smoking and start drinking, we could
get
out of ashtrays and into vermouth ( Cinzano advertising slogan )
If it doesn't
get
all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face ( Carl's Jr advertising slogan )
If you can't stand the heat,
get
out of the kitchen ( A catchphrase from Harry S Truman )
If you don't
get
it, you don't
get
it ( The Washington Post advertising slogan )
If you don't
make
mistakes you don't
make
anything
If you lie down with dogs, you will
get
up with fleas
If you
pay
peanuts, you
get
monkeys
If you vote for Goldwater, you'll
get
a war in Vietnam ( Political slogan )
If you want to
get
ahead,
get
a hat ( Hat Council advertising slogan )
In the
money
Inside
job
It Takes People Like You To
Make
People Like Me ( Buck Owens song )
It don't
make
no nevermind
It takes 40 dumb animals to
make
a fur coat, but only one to wear it
It takes a tough man to
make
a tender chicken ( Perdue Farms advertising slogan )
It takes all sorts to
make
a world
It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it ( A catchphrase from Nick Stone In Tightrope )
It's so big, you've gotta grin to
get
it in ( Wagon Wheels advertising slogan )
It's the things that
make
you go Mmmmm ( Macdonalds advertising slogan )
Just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean that they aren't out to
get
you
Just the
job
Keep the wolf from the door
Kiss and
make
up
Know how many beans
make
five
Land of
make
believe
Let me
make
one thing perfectly clear
Let the polluter
pay
Let's
Get
It On ( Marvin Gaye song )
Let's
get
busy
Let's
get
out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini
Let's
get
physical
Let's
make
things better ( Philips advertising slogan )
Let's see the colour of your
money
License to print
money
Lie down on the
job
Lie down with dogs:
get
up with fleas
Life is what you
make
it
Like mother used to
make
Mad
money
Made to
make
your mouth water ( Opal Fruits advertising slogan )
Make
7-up yours ( 7-Up advertising slogan )
Make
Your Own Kind Of Music ( Mama Cass Elliot song )
Make
a back
Make
a balls of something
Make
a beeline for
Make
a bid for
Make
a bolt for the door
Make
a break for it
Make
a bundle of
money
Make
a clean break
Make
a clean breast of it
Make
a complete fool of yourself
Make
a date
Make
a day of it
Make
a deal with the devil
Make
a difference
Make
a face
Make
a fool of yourself
Make
a fresh start
Make
a fuss
Make
a go of it
Make
a good fist of it
Make
a good
job
of it
Make
a hash of it
Make
a killing
Make
a list; check it twice
Make
a man out of you
Make
a meal of it
Make
a monkey out of him
Make
a mountain out of a molehill
Make
a move on
Make
a name for yourself
Make
a pass at
Make
a pig of yourself
Make
a pitch
Make
a pitch for
Make
a play for
Make
a rod for your own back
Make
a sale
Make
a scene ( causing a disturbance )
Make
a song and dance about
Make
a spectacle of yourself
Make
a splash
Make
a virtue out of a necessity
Make
a world of difference
Make
allowances
Make
amends
Make
an ass of yourself
Make
an entrance
Make
an example of
Make
an exhibition of yourself
Make
an honest woman of
Make
believe
Make
bold
Make
contact
Make
do
Make
do and mend
Make
ends meet
Make
every day a McDonalds Day ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Make
eyes at
Make
fast
Make
first base
Make
free with
Make
friends
Make
fun of
Make
giant strides
Make
good
Make
good time
Make
good your escape
Make
great play of
Make
haste
Make
haste slowly
Make
hay
Make
hay while the sun shines
Make
heavy weather of
Make
history
Make
inquiries
Make
it big
Make
it rain
Make
it snappy
Make
it so ( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
Make
it up
Make
life difficult
Make
light of
Make
light work of
Make
like a banana and split
Make
like a tree and leave
Make
little of
Make
love
Make
love not war
Make
magic
Make
matters worse
Make
me beautiful
Make
mention of
Make
merry
Make
mincemeat out of
Make
mine Moxie ( Moxie soda advertising slogan )
Make
mine a double
Make
mischief
Make
my day
Make
nice
Make
no bones about
Make
no mistake
Make
no secret of
Make
off with
Make
old bones
Make
one's hackles rise
Make
out
Make
over
Make
poverty history
Make
ready
Make
room
Make
sail
Make
sense of
Make
sheep's eyes at
Make
short work of
Make
some noise
Make
someone happy with a phone call ( British Telecom advertising slogan )
Make
someone's toes curl
Make
the best of a bad
job
Make
the cut
Make
the feathers fly
Make
the grade
Make
the most of it
Make
the scene
Make
the team
Make
tracks
Make
trouble
Make
up
Make
up for lost time
Make
war
Make
waves
Make
way
Make
welcome
Make
whoopee
Make
your bed and lie in it
Make
your fortune
Make
your head spin
Make
your mark
Make
your move
Make
your way
Make
yourself at home
Make
yourself heard ( Ericsson advertising slogan )
Make
yourself scarce
Make-up to
make
love in ( Mary Quant advertising slogan )
Many hands
make
light work
Mattress
money
Missed it by that much! ( A catchphrase from
Get
Smart )
Money
For Nothing ( Dire Straits song )
Money
Mike Jr. ( Nickname of Mike Conley Jr. )
Money
back guarantee
Money
can't buy you love ( Beatles song lyric )
Money
doesn't grow on trees
Money
doesn't talk, it swears
Money
for old rope
Money
is no object
Money
is power
Money
is the root of all evil
Money
isn't everything
Money
laundering
Money
makes
money
Money
makes the world go round
Money
spinner
Money
talks
Money
to burn
Money, That's What I Want ( The Beatles song )
Money, money,
money
( ABBA lyric )
More
money
than sense
Mr Kipling does
make
exceedingly good cakes ( Mr Kipling Cakes advertising slogan )
New
money
Nice work if you can
get
it
Nine tailors
make
a man
No
job
too small
No one can
make
you feel inferior without your consent ( Eleanor Roosevelt quotation )
No pain, no
gain
Nothing is real and nothing to
get
hung about ( The Beatles song lyric )
Oh, Max! ( A catchphrase from
Get
Smart )
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to
get
her poor doggie a bone ( line from nursery rhyme )
Old
money
On the
job
On the
job
training
On the
make
On the
money
On your mark,
get
set, go
One swallow doesn't
make
a summer
One year's seeds
make
seven year weeds
Out to
get
you
Pay
a call
Pay
an arm and a leg
Pay
as you go
Pay
handsomely
Pay
lip service to
Pay
on the nail
Pay
the piper
Pay
the price
Pay
through the nose
Pay
your debt to society
Pay
your respects
Pay
your way
Pin
money
Piss or
get
off the pot
Plastic
money
Play hard to
get
Pump your
money
back into Canada ( Petro Canada, early advertising slogan )
Put bread on the table
Put the
make
on
Put your
money
on the Favorit ( Skoda Favorit advertising slogan )
Put your
money
where your mouth is
Put-up
job
Quality is
job
one ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Rake in the
money
Ready,
get
set, go
Reap the rewards of
Money
(
Money
Magazine advertising slogan )
Right on the
money
Rob Peter to
pay
Paul
Run for your
money
Rush
job
Seed
money
Serious
money
Seriously though, he's doing a grand
job
( A catchphrase from David Frost )
Shit or
get
off the pot
Show me the
money
( A catchphrase from Jerry Maguire )
Shut up and take my
money
( A catchphrase from Futurama )
Silly
money
Smart
money
Snow
job
Sorry about that, Chief. ( A catchphrase from
Get
Smart )
Spend
money
like water
Stay contented,
get
Radio Rented ( Radio Rentals advertising slogan )
Stop the world I want to
get
off
Swing for the fences ( A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial
gain
)
Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water
make
love to your skin ( Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan )
Take home
pay
Take the
money
and run
Take the money, open the box
Tell someone where to
get
off
Tetley
make
teabags
make
tea ( Tetley Tea advertising slogan )
That and a nickel will
get
you a ride on the subway
That's the second biggest ... I've ever seen! ( A catchphrase from
Get
Smart )
The Color Of
Money
( Paul Newman / Tom Cruise movie )
The Devil to
pay
The Italian
Job
( Michael Caine movie )
The
Money
Man ( Nickname of Mehmet Okur )
The best a man can
get
( Gillette advertising slogan )
The best that
money
can buy
The best way to
get
music out of your system ( Philips advertising slogan )
The king was in his counting house counting out his
money
( line from nursery rhyme )
The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't
get
much sleep ( Woody Allen line )
The love of
money
is the root of all evil
The mind is its own place, and in itself, can
make
a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n ( from a poem by Milton )
The
money
shot
The more you
get
the more you want
The patience of
Job
The rich
get
richer and the poor
get
poorer
The right man for the
job
The right tool for the
job
The right tools for the
job
The road isn't built that can
make
it breathe hard! ( Chevrolet advertising slogan )
The toughest
job
you'll ever love ( United States Peace Corps advertising slogan )
There are some things
money
can't buy. For everything else, there's Mastercard ( MasterCard advertising slogan )
Things that
make
you go 'mmm' ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Thousands of possibilities,
get
yours ( Best Buy advertising slogan )
Throw your
money
around
Time is
money
To
get
one's back up
To
make
a long story short
To
make
that tough
job
easier - you deserve M&M candy ( M&Ms advertising slogan )
Together we
make
a great team ( Midland Bank advertising slogan )
Took the collar ( A baseball expression meaning failing to
get
any hits )
Two and two
make
five
Two and two
make
four
Two blacks don't
make
a white
Two wrongs don't
make
a right
Value for
money
War eagle ( the golden eagle - used by Native Americans to
make
headdresses )
We have to earn our wings every day ( Eastern Airlines advertising slogan )
We
make
it simple ( Honda advertising slogan )
We
make
money
the old fashioned way, we earn it ( Smith Barney advertising slogan )
We
make
things that bring people closer ( Western Electrics advertising slogan )
We
make
things that
make
communications work ( Lucent Technologies advertising slogan )
We won't
make
a drama out of a crisis ( Commercial Union advertising slogan )
What You Want is What You
Get
( McDonald's advertising slogan )
What will you do with all the
money
you save? ( Toyota advertising slogan )
What you lose on the swings you
gain
on the roundabouts
What you see is what you
get
When the going gets tough, the tough
get
going ( A catchphrase from Joseph Kennedy )
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only
get
a splash; when the ash
Won't
make
a pom tiddly ( Swan Light advertising slogan )
Would not
get
out of bed for
Would you believe ... ( A catchphrase from
Get
Smart )
You Can't Always
Get
What You Want ( The Rolling Stone song )
You
Make
Me Feel Like A Natural Woman ( Carole King song )
You Never Give Me Your
Money
( The Beatles song )
You can always
get
it at the Co-op ( Co-op advertising slogan )
You can lead a horse to water but you can't
make
it drink
You can lead a whore to culture but you can't
make
her think
You can
pay
me now or
pay
me later
You can't
get
blood out of a stone
You can't
get
there from here
You can't
make
a silk purse from a sow's ear
You can't
make
an omelette without breaking eggs
You can't
make
bricks without straw
You couldn't
make
it up
You don't
get
a second chance at a first impression
You
get
a big delight in every bite of Hostess snacks ( Hostess advertising slogan )
You
get
what you
pay
for
You keep all your
money
in a big brown bag inside a zoo ( Beatles song lyric )
You
make
your bed, you sleep in it
You only
get
one chance to
make
a first impression
You
pay
your
money
and you take your choice
You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! ( line from the Michael Caine movie The Italian
Job
)
You'll
get
shot
You'll
get
square eyes
Your
money
or your life