Money & Numbers

THEY SAID: A Michigan bankroll.

WE SAY:A wallet stuffed with 1 dollar bills.
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THEY SAID: Another day, another dollar

WE SAY: Another day, another dollar ninety-eight
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THEY SAID: Did you feel any change hit you in the back?

WE SAY: You paid too much!
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THEY SAID: He doesn't have a pot to piss in or a winda' to throw it out'a.

WE SAY: He's pretty poor.
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THEY SAID: He'd take the pennies off a dead man's eyes.

WE SAY: He's cheap.
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THEY SAID: If steamboats were selling for a dime a dozen, I couldn't buy the echo of the whistle.

WE SAY: I can't afford to pay much...
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THEY SAID: If you can't afford to pay cash for what you want, you don't need it.

WE SAY: I need it, I want it, charge it !!! If I can't make the payments there's always chapter 7.
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THEY SAID: I'll give you 30 dollars worth of free boxing lessons!!!

WE SAY: I'm going to beat you up!!!!
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THEY SAID: It costs a dollar two ninety-eight.

WE SAY: I don't know how much it costs.
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THEY SAID: More than you can shake a stick at

WE SAY: A lot
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THEY SAID: Oh, about a dollar buck two eighty!

WE SAY: What do you think it's worth?
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THEY SAID: She's got enough money burn a wet mule.

WE SAY: She is a wealthy lady
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THEY SAID: That's the way the money goes. Ella Theriault 1895-1993

WE SAY: It's too expensive.
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THEY SAID: These are the last of the Mohicans.

WE SAY: There are not any more of whatever they were talking about.
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THEY SAID: They had right smart much

WE SAY: They had a lot
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THEY SAID: They have more money than Carter has pills.

WE SAY: They have a lot of money.
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THEY SAID: Tighter than a bull's ass sewed with a log chain in fly time.

WE SAY: Miser.
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THEY SAID: Tighter than a gnat's chuff.

WE SAY: He's rather careful with his money.
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THEY SAID: Tighter than Dick's hat band.

WE SAY: Very cautious about spending money.
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THEY SAID: Tighter than the bark on a tree.

WE SAY: Miserly.
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THEY SAID: Too much candy for the penny.

WE SAY: Too good to be true.
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THEY SAID: What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

WE SAY: Who cares?
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THEY SAID: Why buy the cow when you can get the milk free?

WE SAY: Why pay for something that's free?
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