Read the stories and try to remember money-related idioms and phrases defined on the lefhave money to burn = be very rich money does not grow on trees =it’s not easy to earn money a fool
Trang 1Read the stories and try to remember money-related idioms and phrases defined on the lef
have money to burn = be very rich
money does not grow on trees =it’s not easy to earn money
a fool and his money are soon parted =an unwise man will soon lose his money get along on a shoestring= live on very little money make a killing=make a lot of money
tight-fisted / cheapskate =
a stingy person chip in= pay jointly penny pincher = very careful with money
a penny saved is a penny earned = saving money is the same as earning money beyond one’s means = more than one can afford
to bring home the bacon = earn the family living
to live from hand to mouth = live on little money
dirt cheap = very cheap down-and-out = having no money
on the house = provided for free to the clients
Money burned a hole in his pocket = encourage to spend
In the red = in debt Make a living = earn enough money to live
Mr Needy is poor He has lived beyond his means for five years
His wife used to bring home the bacon but she divorced him last year So now he has to live from hand to mouth
He has to buy second-hand clothes because they are
dirt cheap.
But he was not always
down-and-out In fact he ran his own taxi company which he inherited from his father
Things started to go wrong for him when he first visited a local casino He enjoyed gambling and the drinks that were on the house Money burned a hole in his pocket He soon blew his and his company’s money The company was in the red for several months and soon went bankrupt
Now he is trying to make a living by doing a part time
Mr Sterling is very rich,
they say he has money to
burn.
His favorite saying is that
money does not grow on
trees
He never helps anyone who
needs money; he considers
them to be fools “a fool and
his money are soon parted”,
he claims
He was born in a poor family,
his family was hard up They
were forced to get along on
a shoestring. He really went
from rags to riches with his
hard work
They say he became rich
when he worked in the East;
he made a killing while in
China
He is a tight-fisted
cheapskate – when his
colleagues at work chip in to
buy a wedding gift for
someone, he never joins
them He is a real penny
pincher He is always saving
money He believes that a
Trang 2Task 1: Gap-filling
Fill in the gaps with words/phrases from page 1
streets.
Task 2: Writing
Do you agree or disagree with the following? Support your opinion ; give examples if you can.
Money is the root of all evil
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