7、Money from home

　　轻而易举得到的钱。

　　Peter thinks investing in stocks is money from home.

　　皮特认为把钱用来买股票就能轻松赚钱。

　　She's looking for a job that's money from home. Good luck!

　　她在找一个能轻松赚钱的工作。祝她好运!

　　8、Money grubber

　　不愿花钱的，吝啬的人，也就是一毛不拔的铁公鸡。

　　She'll never give you money for your idea. She's a money grubber.

　　她不会为了你的想法而掏一分钱。她就是个吝啬鬼。

　　Money grubbers can't take it with them. I have no idea why they take it so seriously. I say easy come, easy go.

　　吝啬鬼们是不会带钱的。我不知道他们为什么这么较真。钱来得快，去得也快。

　　9、Money talks

　　金钱起作用的情形，用中文说就是“有钱能使鬼推磨”。

　　Of course, they let the big box store build in town. Never forget: Money talks.

　　当然，他们在城里建了一座大商店。别忘了：金钱万能。

　　Just remember money talks. If they really want you for the position, they'll meet your salary demands.

　　记住，金钱万能。如果他们真的需要你来做这份工作，就会满足你的薪水要求的。

　　10、On the money

　　这个习语的意思跟“钱”本身没什么关系了，是“正好，刚好”的意思。

　　I'd say you are on the money about that situation.

　　我想说你的位置刚刚好。

　　His guess that the company would succeed was on the money.

　　他对这家公司会获得成功的猜想应验了。

　　11、Put your money where your mouth is!

　　就某事打赌。

　　Come on, if you think that is true, put your money where your mouth is! I'll bet you 100 to 1 that it isn't true.

　　来吧，如果你认为这是真的就来赌一把!我用100:1的赔率赌这不是真的。

　　She put her money where her mouth was and made a fortune.

　　她赌博赚了大钱。

　　12、Smart money

　　最佳之选，聪明人在某事上做的投资。

　　The smart money is on Congress changing the law.

　　知情者将赌注下在国会会修改法律上。

　　He thinks the smart money is going to invest in renewable energy.

　　他认为，知情者会将赌注下在再生能源的投资上。

　　13、Soft money

　　指不需要多少努力就能赚到的钱。

　　Take the job for a few months. It's soft money.

　　先干几个月的活吧。这钱挺好挣的。

　　Jane thinks the position is soft money.

　　简认为做这份工作挣钱太容易了。

　　14、Spending money

　　用来玩乐或购买非必须物品的钱，其实也就是我们所说的“私房钱”。

　　It's important to have at least a little spending money each month.

　　每个月都留点私房钱很重要。

　　They don't have much spending money, so they like to stay home rather than go on vacation.

　　他们的私房钱不多，所以比起出门旅游，他们只能待在家里。

　　15、Throw money at something

　　在某事上浪费钱。

　　Throwing money at the situation isn't going to make it better.

　　浪费金钱并不会使事态好转。

　　Some governments feel that throwing money at a program always helps.

　　一些政府认为，在一项工程上大量投放金钱会起到作用。

　　这些关于money的习语，你学会了吗?