A) under the pressure of something
B) a sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
C) a lazy person; a person with no job and no money, who is not part of normal society
D) an amount of money that is not large enough to be important
E) to earn a large amount of money
F) born in a wealthy family
G) a person who does not like to spend money
H) to spend a lot of money on something that you do not really need
I) complete broke
J) to win a large amount of money gambling or in a lottery
K) pay for the bill
L) to have a lot of money and spend large amounts on things that are not necessary
M) an expression describing someone who spends money as soon as it is earned
N) using very little money
O) without money, a home or a job, and living on the streets
P) a sum of money that you save to use in the future
Q) very careful or mean with small amounts of money, yet wasteful and extravagant with large sums.
1) make money hand over fist: ______
2) windfall: ______
3) born with a silver spoon in his mouth: ______
4) be hard up: ______
5) chicken feed: ______
6) deadbeat: ______
7) cheapskate: ______
8) flat broke: ______
9) hit the jackpot: ______
10) splurged: ______
11) had money to burn: ______
12) Money burns a hole in his pocket:. ______
13) foot the bill: ______
14) down and out: ______
15) nest egg: ______
16) on a shoestring: ______
17) penny wise and pound foolish: ______
Ans: 1. E 2. B 3. F 4. A 5. D 6. C 7. G 8. I 9. J 10. H 11. L 12. M 13.K
14. O 15.P 16. N 17. Q