Money Proverbs

Sean from Pristine Private School, Dubai

Shumaila Bilal

cost the earth

If something costs the earth, it is very expensive indeed.
Example: She wears designer clothes that must cost the earth!

cash in your chips

If you cash in your chips, you sell something, especially shares, either because you need the money or because you think the value is going to fall.
example: Andy cashed in his chips as soon as business started to slow down.


Liza Popko (Ukraine)

It seems to me, the expression " Money has no smell " is synonymous with " the end justifies the means ". Because in what way a person earns money depends only on his consience/ For example, the most famous italian mafia Cosa Nostra, Camorra, Sacra Corona Unita or Stidda are famous murders, extortion, druds-, arms-, and humans trafficking, money laudering smuggling and so forth, but such groups continue to exict and revolve huge money around them. there are many examples of how people can earn millions of illegal methods, but the money remoins money and always will be.

Diana Kibalnaya (Ukraine)
"Time is money"

Time is money is a well-known axiom in many languages . Ypur can change the time for money, it is true. People spend most of their lives in order to earn a "colored paper". Perhaps many people will say that work brings them pleasure, but it is not true, they work only for money because no one will work for free/

I wish I could exchange money for the additional years of life... Money can't buy much talent, marital hapiness, lost honor. Anything except material things can't buy for money . But the biddest drawback of money that they do not add and take away life: the best hours of your life, we give no joy of communion with nature, with other people, but the pursuit of money .

We must learn how to manage their time and use it not only to make money, but also for the benefit of their health. Since we have one life and one must live for themselves and not money.

It's my illustration

Alina Koryshkina (Ukraine)
"Money doesn`t grow on trees"
I very like idiom "Money doesn`t grow on trees". This idiom means that we have to work hard to make money. We can`t just walk around and pick it like fruit from trees. It`s not easy to get money. If money grow on trees they would bring more harm than good. Today people want to have a lot of money,because without money our life is impossible. Money help us to have what we want and do what we like. Money is a very good teacher. It makes us grow and develop ourselves.

This is my illustration of idiom.

Suzan Gevorgyan (Ukraine)
“Money is a power”
Money has become one of the main things in our life. Money is power and gives sorrow and delight. It plays important role and can do everything.
It is necessary at every step in life. We need money to buy different things, clothes, food and many others. Also, we cannot build up our houses unless we have money , education is also impossible without money.
Nevertheless, it is also true that money does not always bring happiness. Because ,we will never be able to buy true love, loving family and real friendship. The real power that money gives us, is the power to choose. For example, we can choose what kind of food we eat or what type of clothes we wear, because we have the money to buy different things.

*This is my illustration of the proverb.

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