hard-earned
/ˈhɑːdəːnd
/adjective
Having taken a great deal of effort to earn or acquire: her hard-earned money...
- That's why we consider these amendments a poor investment of effort and the sportsmen's hard-earned dollars.
- We need our hard-earned money to pay all the rest of our bills.
- Living on a budget, as most people have to, there's a constant trade off when planning what to spend hard-earned money on.
- out of it
- out of joint
- out of line
- out of one's box
- out of one's depth
- out of one's gourd
- out of one's mind
- out of one's senses
- out of one's skull
- out of one's tree
- out of one's way
- out of (or beyond) reach
- out of order
- out of place
- out of plumb
- water chemistry
- water chestnut
- water chevrotain
- water chickweed
- water chute
- water cider
- water clerk
- water clock
- water closet
- water-closeted