filthy lucre

noun

money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.

Origin of filthy lucre

First recorded in 1520–30

Words nearby filthy lucre

filter press, filter pump, filter tip, filth, filthy, filthy lucre, filtrable, filtrate, filtration, filtration angle, filtration coefficient

Idioms and Phrases with filthy lucre

filthy lucre

Money; originally, money obtained dishonestly. For example, She didn't like the job but loved the filthy lucre in the form of her weekly paycheck. This term comes from the Bible (Titus 1:11), where it refers to those who teach wrongly for the sake of money. In time it came to be used loosely, and usually jokingly, for money in general, and in the mid-1900s gave rise to the jocular slang term the filthy for “money.” Although both versions may be dying out, the expression filthy rich, for “extremely wealthy,” survives.

单词	filthy lucre
释义	filthy lucre noun money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre. Origin of filthy lucre First recorded in 1520–30 Words nearby filthy lucre filter press, filter pump, filter tip, filth, filthy, filthy lucre, filtrable, filtrate, filtration, filtration angle, filtration coefficient Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with filthy lucre filthy lucre Money; originally, money obtained dishonestly. For example, She didn't like the job but loved the filthy lucre in the form of her weekly paycheck. This term comes from the Bible (Titus 1:11), where it refers to those who teach wrongly for the sake of money. In time it came to be used loosely, and usually jokingly, for money in general, and in the mid-1900s gave rise to the jocular slang term the filthy for “money.” Although both versions may be dying out, the expression filthy rich, for “extremely wealthy,” survives. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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