Think about how quickly it would take a dime to fall from your pocket to the ground. At all costsĪt any expense of time, money, or effort someone would figuratively spend all of their money in order to achieve or get this thing. When compared to the original, an item or service purchased at a premium was bought at a higher price than usual because of a special reason. At a premiumĪ premium is a costlier, more valuable alternative. Money is always reliable worthy of being exchanged for goods and services. To be very secure and dependable like a dollar bill. This idiom is an alteration of “as hungry as a church mouse,” and came from the idea that priests meticulously prevent any crumb of the sacrament of Eucharist from falling to the ground, meaning that church mice couldn’t eat the crumbs. To be very poor to the point of starvation or begging. Since $3 bills haven’t been printed since the 1800s, they aren’t considered real money with any value.

As phony as a $3 billĪ person, thing, or situation that is fake and not genuine. In poker, an ante up is a request for players to put their antes, or starting bets, into the collective jackpot. They view money as a representation of prosperity, success, and a vehicle to wealth. At least that’s what people who use this idiom often think. The “almighty dollar” is more important than anything else. If it’s too good to be true, than it probably is. A deal or opportunity that looks or sounds valuable may actually be worthless. All that glitters is not goldĪppearances, no matter how lovely and sparkly, can be deceptive. It’s as useful to save money that someone already has as it is to earn more money. This common phrase is used to encourage people to save money.

To have a light purse means to have a wallet that is lacking in coins and bills. A light purse is a heavy curseįor those without a lot of money (those in poverty), life is incredibly difficult. This phrase is best used to describe gamblers and risk-takers with bad luck. If someone acts foolishly or unwisely with their finances, then they will soon lose their money. This would be a project that would be remembered, like the Hoover Dam.This is another way to say, “too little, too late.” When someone is a day late and a dollar short, they have missed an opportunity because of tardiness and because they haven’t put in the effort. A Republican donor and frequent Fox News contributor, Fisher told the outlet: 'I was like: 'This would be really fun. Just last month, Biden returned $2.2 billion to the military that had been allocated to building a wall under the Trump administration.Īccording to Bloomberg, Fisher's wall, which runs along the Rio Grande, consists of '15,000 18-foot-tall steel bollards' spaced 5 inches apart.įisher told Bloomberg he started thinking about building the wall as a personal project when Donald Trump got elected in 2016. It's looking to be a tough sell, especially since President Joe Biden has rolled back construction on his predecessor's wall (though Biden's chief of homeland security did say in April that the administration might try to fill 'gaps' in the existing barrier). Now the 51-year-old is searching for someone to buy it, Bloomberg reported. Last year, at a cost of $30 million, Tommy Fisher finished building a private 3-mile wall at the US-Mexico border in Texas.

The person who spent money like water