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Title:	A Classic Idiom
Answer:	Money doesn't grow on trees

Hints:	1. Think plants... 2. What doesn't grow on them? 3. What would be awesome if it did grow on them? ...

Equivalents:	1. I'm not made of money! 2. What am I, made of money?

Explanation:	This colloquial phrase is has a fairly clear meaning: money isn't easy to come by. Hence the saying it doesn't grow on trees: if it did, it would be much easier to find! Context: Use this phrase when exasperated about something financial. For example, say your nephew is continually begging you for money. You could tell him, 'Money doesn't grow on trees!'
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Average Rating		4.5
# of votes		22
# of Garbage Votes		0
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Total found: 22 !
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Ivelina

Rating: 4

January 26, 2017

sasha s.

Rating: 4

January 19, 2017

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Russian we say "Деньги не растут на деревьях"

Quesia K.

Rating: 5

September 20, 2016

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Portuguese we say "Dinheiro não nasce em árvore"

Elaine M.

Rating: 5

January 20, 2016

Jessica F.

Rating: 5

January 20, 2016

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Portuguese we say "Dinheiro não nasce em árvore"

Carlos G.

Rating: 2

January 20, 2016

Almira

Rating: 5

January 18, 2016

Alejandro G.

Rating: 5

December 27, 2015

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Spanish we say "El dinero no cae del cielo"

Timothy
(native speaker)

Rating: 5

December 22, 2015

Sandra S.

Rating: 5

December 6, 2015

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Spanish we say "el dinero no crece en los arboles"

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