Slang and Idioms about Money

Vocabulary dough, moolah- money (non-countable.) I won a lot of dough at the casino. Look at all of this moolah! 
 greenback, buck- American dollar (countable.) Look at how many greenbacks you have in your wallet! Could you loan me a buck for the subway? 
 megabucks- a lot of money. I would love to be like Bill Gates. He has megabucks. 
 (work for) peanuts- almost no money, very little money. John should quit his job because he is working for peanuts and he can't afford his rent. 
 max out (a credit card)- spend up to the limit of a credit card. Susie bought so many clothes she maxed out her credit card. 
 stretch money- be careful to make money one has last longer. Tony and Teri had to really stretch their money in order to pay all of their bills. They ate a lot of cheap food last month. 
 flip a coin- make a decision by tossing a coin in the air and calling heads or tails. (heads = side of coin with picture of a person's face, tails = opposite side of coin.) Let's decide who will start the game by flipping a coin.

Slang and Idioms about Money

Vocabulary dough, moolah- money (non-countable.) I won a lot of dough at the casino. Look at all of this moolah! 
 greenback, buck- American dollar (countable.) Look at how many greenbacks you have in your wallet! Could you loan me a buck for the subway? 
 megabucks- a lot of money. I would love to be like Bill Gates. He has megabucks. 
 (work for) peanuts- almost no money, very little money. John should quit his job because he is working for peanuts and he can't afford his rent. 
 max out (a credit card)- spend up to the limit of a credit card. Susie bought so many clothes she maxed out her credit card. 
 stretch money- be careful to make money one has last longer. Tony and Teri had to really stretch their money in order to pay all of their bills. They ate a lot of cheap food last month. 
 flip a coin- make a decision by tossing a coin in the air and calling heads or tails. (heads = side of coin with picture of a person's face, tails = opposite side of coin.) Let's decide who will start the game by flipping a coin.

Eating the wrong type of fat during pregnancy 'increases likelihood of having overweight children'

• Consumption of omega 6 fatty polyunsaturated acids in pregnancy affects children's body Eating the wrong
• Women should be eating more fish oils to give children the best start in life
• But the benefits could be reduced by eating too much omega 6. They said omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids seem to act in opposite directions on fat mass and this needs to be taken into account.
• Omega 3 fatty acids are found in oily fish such as mackerel and fish oil supplements, as well as pumpkin seeds and walnuts, and are essential to the development of the brain, 

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Eating the wrong type of fat during pregnancy 'increases likelihood of having overweight children'

• Consumption of omega 6 fatty polyunsaturated acids in pregnancy affects children's body Eating the wrong
• Women should be eating more fish oils to give children the best start in life
• But the benefits could be reduced by eating too much omega 6. They said omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids seem to act in opposite directions on fat mass and this needs to be taken into account.
• Omega 3 fatty acids are found in oily fish such as mackerel and fish oil supplements, as well as pumpkin seeds and walnuts, and are essential to the development of the brain, 

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Married people are THREE times more likely to survive middle age.

• Being single after 40, or losing a partner without marrying again, increased the risk of early death during middle age and cut the chances of getting to 60.
• Being married could be the key to a longer life - by improving your chances of surviving middle age, claim scientists.
• People who never married were almost three times as likely to die early than those who had been in a stable marriage throughout their adult life US researchers found.
• The new research suggests for the first time that not having a spouse in midlife increases the risk of dying during those years.
• Even when personality and risky behaviours such as smoking and drinking were accounted for, married people were still 2.3 times more likely to survive.
• The new study was carried out by Dr Ilene Siegler and colleagues from the department of behavioural sciences at Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina.

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Married people are THREE times more likely to survive middle age.

• Being single after 40, or losing a partner without marrying again, increased the risk of early death during middle age and cut the chances of getting to 60.
• Being married could be the key to a longer life - by improving your chances of surviving middle age, claim scientists.
• People who never married were almost three times as likely to die early than those who had been in a stable marriage throughout their adult life US researchers found.
• The new research suggests for the first time that not having a spouse in midlife increases the risk of dying during those years.
• Even when personality and risky behaviours such as smoking and drinking were accounted for, married people were still 2.3 times more likely to survive.
• The new study was carried out by Dr Ilene Siegler and colleagues from the department of behavioural sciences at Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina.

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Pear-shaped women AREN'T protected from heart disease: Study overturns 'myth' that it's better to have wobbly thighs than a fat stomach .

• Those who carried weight around their bottoms secreted abnormal levels of two proteins
• These are known to cause early risk factors for heart disease and diabetes
• People who are 'apple-shaped' - with fat concentrated around their middles - have long been thought to be at greater risk from heart disease and diabetes than their 'pear-shaped' peers. But now researchers say the protective effect of carrying weight in the hips, thighs and bum is probably a myth.

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