English in a Minute: Phrases with 'money'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
What phrases do you know with 'money'? Learn some here with Beth.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:10.5 | We all need it. Money. |
| 0:16.9 | Don't throw money down the drain. |
| 0:19.7 | This means don't waste money, especially on something that won't be successful. |
| 0:24.6 | Why are you still investing in a failing company? You're just throwing money down the drain. |
| 0:30.6 | If you throw money at something, you try to solve a problem by spending money rather than thinking of new ideas. The football |
| 0:39.4 | club are just throwing money at new players instead of changing the manager. You can say money |
| 0:45.9 | doesn't grow on trees to say that you can't get money easily or without working hard. I'm sorry, |
| 0:52.4 | but you can't have everything. Money doesn't grow on trees. |
| 0:56.4 | And if you give someone a run for their money, |
| 0:59.1 | you don't allow them to win easily in a challenge. |
| 1:02.8 | You really gave me a run for my money then. |
| 1:05.8 | I thought you were going to win. |
| 1:07.9 | Do you know any other phrases with money? |
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