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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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Game Summary Statistics

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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Alina S.

Rating: 5

April 16, 2024

Tugce

Rating: 4

January 6, 2024

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Turkish we say "parayı sokaktan toplamıyoruz"

Frankner P.

Rating: 5

January 5, 2020

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Spanish we say "El dinero no crece de los árboles."

Guest

Rating: 5

November 11, 2019

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

Ruslan

Rating: 5

November 10, 2019

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

Daniel H.

Rating: 4

November 11, 2018

Pedro A.

Rating: 5

October 1, 2018

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Portuguese we say "dinheiro não cai do céu"

Kleverson A.

Rating: 4

March 23, 2018

Instead of "Money doesn't grow on trees", in Portuguese we say "Dinheiro Não Nasce Em Arvores"

Guest

Rating: 5

September 22, 2017

Guest

Rating: 3

February 2, 2017

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