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Money Clichés

Fill the blanks in these clichés about money.
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Last updated: December 15, 2019
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First submittedDecember 31, 2012
Times taken57,864
Average score72.7%
Rating4.28
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Cliché
Time is money
Money doesn't grow on trees
Bet your bottom dollar
Making money hand over fist
Rolling in the dough
A penny for your thoughts
Another day another dollar
Money is the root of all evil
There's no such thing as a free lunch
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore
A fool and his money are soon parted
Cliché
Bring home the bacon
Money burning a hole in one's pocket
Put your money where your mouth is
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be
Worth its weight in gold
A penny saved is a penny earned
The rich keep getting richer
Money makes the world go round
Laugh all the way to the bank
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Penny wise and pound foolish
typhon
+19
Level 51
Jan 6, 2013
I think it's, "The *love* of money is the root of all evil."
BlendedCow
+4
Level 44
Jan 6, 2013
I have heard it that way too.
plattitude
+7
Level 92
Jan 7, 2013
Typhon is correct, it comes from 1 Timothy 6:10 (especially KJV)
ctleng76
+6
Level 65
Jan 21, 2013
Actually it's "for the love of money is the root of all KINDS of evil"
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Jun 2, 2018
A song by the Andrews Sisters "Money is the root of all evil, take it away, take it away, take it away"...... I remember it.
komradtombstone
+7
Level 57
Jun 18, 2018
As others have said, it's not the actual biblical quotation that the quiz is asking for, but the more common, everyday cliche. Still, it's interesting to know where the original comes from! "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" comes from Hamlet, by the way.
worldtraveler
+3
Level 53
Feb 21, 2021
Yes that what is recorded - but from my experience I actually HEAR people say is that "money is the root of all evil".
gravyfury
+3
Level 22
Jan 7, 2013
I agree with lunatic jordan. the cliche' is correct
lottoid
+1
Level 88
May 30, 2015
look it up
topazstar
+1
Level 43
Jun 2, 2018
I believe it was also a line from Joh Steinbeck's 'The Pearl'
PacoGee
+1
Level 44
Mar 23, 2018
form Pink Floyd'its Money is the root of all evil, today... ;)
ConfusedYeti
+1
Level 32
Jan 6, 2013
I love these clichés! Great quiz 18/22
TheWombat
+3
Level 74
Nov 6, 2013
Me too. It's one of those phrases that's been misquoted so often that the misquote is now the norm, like "music soothes the savage beast" or "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".
MasterKenobi
+2
Level 60
Jul 24, 2015
Or "Pride goes before the fall"
BlendedCow
+1
Level 44
Jan 6, 2013
Good one. 100%.
Shiloh376
+3
Level 75
Jan 6, 2013
I don't know, I think this was a particularly easy quiz. Probably the easiest I've seen on Jetpunk. I didn't hesitate for even a second on any answer. This isn't to boast, its just to say, "too easy". These were just fill in the blanks for common everyday sayings, like, What goes up must come _________. Or, "To the victor goes the __________. etc. Good idea, but....
NorthernPower
+3
Level 28
Aug 1, 2013
There are quizzes literally as easy as 1+1 on here. This isn't so bad.
Insaniot
+1
Level 59
Jun 18, 2018
Most quizzes aren’t. There’s the alphabet in 15 seconds, but that’s really the only one that easy.
Triviabuddy
+3
Level 56
Jul 24, 2015
I love easy ones like this added to the mix. They're great for beginners to Jetpunk and they're good for waking up the old brain cells first thing in the morning and getting those fingers moving on the keyboard. Keep sticking them in every once in awhile. Maybe a "star" system could be added near the title to tell people the difficulty. Of course, that would spoil all the fun. Carry on!
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 67
May 29, 2023
Here is an easy quiz I made specially for this ocassion: Kitchen Things :)
sierraistheshiz
+3
Level 20
Jan 6, 2013
I've never heard of Penny wise and pound foolish. Also I can't believe more people didn't get Time is Money.
tschutzer
+1
Level 91
Jan 6, 2013
100% with 3:07 left. That might be a bit too much time.
PacoGee
+2
Level 44
Mar 23, 2018
lol I had to guess body parts for making money hand over (cause I always said foot) lol
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jun 6, 2019
I guessed nearly everybody part there is (besides the stuff on the inside...)
bluesdjben
+1
Level 74
Jan 6, 2013
I'm surprised that nearly half of people didn't know "There's no such thing as a free lunch" when they did so well on most of the others. Or, given the current political climate, were they just skipping the question out of protest?
Jigglypuff5
+1
Level 21
Jan 6, 2013
I know right?!! I learned that cliche in Micro Economics class!
foxpenguin
+1
Level 69
Dec 6, 2015
I know as "There's no such thing as a free dinner," but lunch was my second choice
PacoGee
+1
Level 44
Mar 23, 2018
its actually bs, unless say going out and taking a fruit off of a tree and eating it for lunch somehow costs the plant money that you stole from it by not paying it.. see where Im going with this?I could also eat roadklll, catch a fish, or someting like that. and have it still be a free meal. ;) economists are just greedy people who want to profit off of everything.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Apr 20, 2018
^ The cliche is meant to warn you that when someone invites you out to lunch (or dinner if you insist), they usually want something from you in return.
AchillesFirstStand
+1
Level 78
Jun 18, 2018
I always interpreted it as being about opportunity cost. When you eat lunch, you could be doing something else, and that something else is a cost of eating lunch.
fitheach
+1
Level 59
Jun 21, 2018
It's not meant to be taken that literally.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jun 6, 2019
Dont forget that many people on this site do not come from english speaking countries (atleast a quarter, if not a third or even more, because there are many people that never comment either). So if it isnt used a lot in books and movies (or the internet) there is no exposure to it. Some phrases are used more than others and only a little exposure to the english language will give you some of those. Like I dont know, rise and shine... you wouldnt know that by learning english from a studybook, but watch a few movies and you are bound to come across it ( might be better examples, but it was the first one that fit the bill that popped up.)

to get back to the quiz, a penny for your thoughts for instance, is much more likely to show up in a movie/books than many of the others.

kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jan 7, 2013
Never heard the last one. Must be a British expression.
gravyfury
+3
Level 22
Jan 7, 2013
agreed. I was thinking penny wise dollar poor. but that didn't work clearly.
aliberti68
+2
Level 54
Jul 30, 2013
It is. Connected to the "pound"
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jul 24, 2015
I heard that expression quite a bit growing up in America in the '50s and '60s, but I never hear it these days.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Aug 2, 2016
Maybe the 'Pound' clue gave it away.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jun 2, 2018
Note that I didn't demand the clue be removed from the quiz...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 6, 2019
ok, I ll bite. I ve never seen anybody demand an american answer/expression to be removed from a quiz.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jun 6, 2019
I've seen it many, many, many times.

"why is this quiz so Amero-centric? Can't you put on some questions about other countries??"

"I only missed question X because I'm not American. That's not really general knowledge it should be removed."

"There needs to be more extra-American questions here or else the title of the quiz should be changed."

"Do we really need so many questions about X,Y,Z??"

etc.

stone222
+2
Level 48
Oct 6, 2018
just as the the nickel and dime one must surely be American, kalbahamut..........
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jun 6, 2019
surely. And there's no problem including either.
EcceHomo
+2
Level 79
May 25, 2021
It's hardly obscure, is it. Who hasn't heard of a pound? Hooray for you for not complaining.
waiting4
+2
Level 25
May 10, 2014
Money is not the root of all evil - it's the LOVE of money that is.

1 Timothy 6:10

10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

PacoGee
+4
Level 44
Mar 23, 2018
yes we get it your fictional book of fairy tales mentions a cool pink floyd lyric. ;)
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jun 18, 2018
That's the verse, but not the cliche.
sillie
+3
Level 77
May 29, 2015
Don't people read at all what other people write before them?
79curl
+4
Level 42
May 31, 2015
Because that would be too easy and using common sense...? Lol.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jul 24, 2015
The cliche attributed to Benjamin Franklin was being used in England in the 1600s as, "A penny saved is a penny got," (Ravenscroft), "A penny saved is a penny gained," (Fuller), and "A penny spar'd is twice got." (Herbert) http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned.html
Archangel55
+4
Level 66
Jul 24, 2015
"More Dollars than Sense" would have fit in nicely.
triviawayne
+5
Level 65
Jul 24, 2015
too cash-centric...

3:22 left on the clock

MasterKenobi
+3
Level 60
Jul 24, 2015
I wish we could like comments on here, cuz I would definitely like this one :)
3NRD
+1
Level 41
May 29, 2023
8 years later we can click the heart icon, to toggle a like, except an automatic like "+1" for your own comment. You are expected to like your own comment or delete it. I especially like comments that make me laugh, or that I reply to.
stone222
+1
Level 48
Oct 6, 2018
wow what a surprise.. i never connected the title with the content.....
gk101
+1
Level 65
May 18, 2016
i always thought the saying was Making money hand over foot
Swanbabe
+1
Level 38
Aug 2, 2016
Yeah great quiz, always one you don't know. Gotta love jet punk as an education platform.
geographyisthebestsubject
+1
Level 61
Mar 12, 2017
Please accept "fed" for "feeds."
DonTheLamplighter
+5
Level 84
May 10, 2017
Just had to throw my 2 cents in. :-)
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jun 24, 2018
LOL
markthoma
+4
Level 73
Apr 19, 2018
One of these sayings reminds me of a joke. ... Q: What is the noblest of all dogs? .................... A: The hot dog. It feeds the hand that bites it.
topazstar
+1
Level 43
Jun 2, 2018
I've heard bring home the green and the dosh and bet your last and final dollar
hpqu1zz3r
+1
Level 45
Jun 18, 2018
'There's no such thing as a free...' I knew it was food tried meal, dinner...didn't try lunch :p
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jun 6, 2019
I thought ride...
clipper
+1
Level 76
Jun 18, 2018
There is definitely a saying that goes "rolling in the Benjamins". Figured that was referenced in the picture.
KirstenB
+1
Level 65
Jun 19, 2018
100%, 3:16 remaining. Fun!
stylus
+3
Level 76
Jun 20, 2018
These are not really clichés. They are idioms or proverbs, but not clichés. Maybe consider changing the quiz title?
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jun 24, 2018
Great point.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jun 6, 2019
They are definitely cliches. What do you think a cliche is?
InterAlia
+1
Level 75
Jun 20, 2023
Some of these are definitely cliches, but stylus is correct that categorically speaking, the group would more correctly be called idioms (not proverbs). Cliche implies overuse and not all of these fit that definition.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jun 6, 2019
and bear in mind a phrase can definitely be both a proverb and a cliche at the same time. And proverbs and cliches can use idiomatic phrasing but few of the ones above do.
bkemp2001
+1
Level 61
Jun 21, 2018
Cash is king.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 79
May 25, 2021
Is that an Australian expression which began when a certain tennis player won at Wimbledon?
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jun 24, 2018
Got all immediately except one: Making money hand over fist, never heard of that one???
kitsims
+1
Level 82
Mar 9, 2024
I only know it from when it was a punchline in the episode of Friends where Joey becomes a sperm donor...
boopuffyboo
+1
Level 44
May 30, 2020
I'd never heard "a nickel ain't worth a dime anymore", "a penny saved is a penny earned", "there's no such thing as a free lunch", "penny wise and pound foolish" or "making money hand over fist". It's probably obvious I'm not from the US
lvtharrison
+1
Level 81
Oct 29, 2020
Rolling in the... has a few answers. The chap on the $100 bill was the one that came first to mind.
Ryan088
+1
Level 33
Jan 18, 2021
i wish i could spend time on things...
Koopa
+2
Level 77
Dec 20, 2021
I believe it is the LOVE of money is the root of all evil, not the money itself.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
May 29, 2023
Who else tried 'rolling in the deep'?
goodquizzes
+1
Level 18
May 30, 2023
A jetpunk user and his sanity are soon parted, TRYING TO REMEMBER CLICHES.
haganshows
+1
Level 37
Apr 15, 2024
Money on my watch, that mean time is money

Money on my phone, that mean I talk to the money (Yeah)

Money on my chain, that mean the money hang with me (Oh, really?)

Money on my hat, that mean money on my mind

Money on my Kool-Aid, that mean my money sweet

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