English Idioms: Minting it
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Minting it
Meaning: (Also minting money) earning a lot of money quickly.
Example: The restaurant is minting it thanks to the new manager.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Minting it
Meaning: (Also minting money) earning a lot of money quickly.
Example: The restaurant is minting it thanks to the new manager.
English Idioms About “Numbers”
Idiom: The third degree
Meaning: Give someone or get the third degree designates a close interrogation. The use of the phrase is derived from the brutal form of police interrogation of the same name, well-known in the American crime fiction. The origin of the phrase may refer to the third degree of Freemasonry and the rigorous procedures to advance to that level.
Example: I don’t know why you always give me the third degree every time I hang out with my friends.
English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Have kittens
Meaning: (Also have a cow) to be very worried, upset or angry about something.
Example: My father had kittens when I stayed out late yesterday.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: If you want peace, prepare for war
Meaning: The adage if you want peace, prepare for war means that if a country is well armed and is strong, its opponents will be less likely to attack it.
Example: The general said that believing in disarmament is not a good idea and added: “if you want peace, you must prepare for war.”
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Marry money
Meaning: To marry a rich person.
Example: She married money and got rich.
English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: No comment
Meaning: An “official” refusal to relay any further information, as a response to a newspaper reporter’s question.
Example: The district attorney said, “No comment,” when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the criminal.
English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: In the money
Meaning: Very rich
Example: He’s in the money. He’s extremely rich.