Money Idioms: Gapfill ExerciseLook at the idioms in the box below and fill in the gaps below with the most appropriate idioms. Check with a partner if you are unsure.

bread and butter loaded tighten (someone’s) belt

pour money down the drain

make ends meet bring home the bacon

cheapskate cost an arm and a leg pay through the nose

1. Writing is her ____________________________________________. She feeds and

sends her kid to with her earnings from her writing.

2. Our company was investing in a bankrupt firm but has lost all its money. They

have literally ____________________________________________ with this.

3. Our utility bills have increased again this year. We have to

____________________________________________ so that we are able to pay our bills.

4. My parents are struggling to ____________________________________________ with their state pension. Everything is so much more expensive than

previously.

5. Wow! You’re __________________________________! You have so much money in

your wallet!

6. He is such a ____________________________________________. He rarely splits the

bill and expects me to pay for everything.

7. My friend bought a new sports car. He is __________________________________

but I bet he will ____________________________________________ for repairs or servicing.

8. My father worked hard all his life ___________________________________________.

9. My new TV was so expensive. It ____________________________________________

but it is great.

10. I ____________________________________________ for this new mobile phone. It

has 4G roaming though.

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