3.
Money idioms. Match the idioms with the definitions.
1
get ripped off
a
make a big profit
2
cost an arm and a
b
spend all your money on basic needs like food without be-
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leg
ing able to buy anything else
3
come into some
money
c
be given some money, usually after a relative has died
4
dip into your
savings
d
be charged too much money
5
live from hand to
mouth
e
spend some money that you had put aside to use later
6
make ends meet
f
spend less money than usual
7
tighten your belt
g
be very expensive
8
make a killing
h
have just enough money to buy what you need
Complete the sentences with idioms from exercise 3. Use the correct form.
1.
“Was your new bike expensive?”
“Yes, very. It __________________________________________________.”
2.
We had to ____________________________________________ to pay for a
holiday last year. But we’ve still got a few hundred pounds left in the account.
3.
Jim ____________________________________ when his grandmother died.
He was able to buy a new car.
4.
Many people on state benefits _____________________________________,
with barely enough money for basics like food and heating.
5.
I don’t earn a great deal, but we manage to ___________________________.
6.
You could have bought that computer for half the price on the Internet. You
____________________________________.
7.
My uncle ______________________________________ when he sold his
business. But then he lost it all when he invested in the stock market.
8.
Prices are going up and wages aren’t increasing. So we’ll have to
__________________________________.
Answer key
Reading
True/False:
1 F 2 T
3 F 4 F 5 F
Match headings with passages:
1D 2C 3A 4B 5B 6A 7D 8C 9B 10D
Vocabulary: 1 from
2 with
3 in 4 in, of
5 for 6 to 7 to 8 in
Tips:
1 income 2 allowance 3 financial 4 debt 5 save 6 repay 7 wastes
8 afford 9 expenses 10 budget
Adjectives
1 valuable 2 worthless 3 dear 4 extortionate 5 careless 6 mean
7 hard up 8 well of
Idioms
1d 2g 3c 4e 5b 6h 7f 8a
Sentences with idioms
1.
cost an arm and a leg
2.
dip into your savings
3.
came into some money
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4.
live from hand to mouth
5.
make ends meet
6.
were ripped off
7.
made a killing
8.
tighten our belts
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