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Money doesn't grow on trees?



 
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Money doesn't grow on trees? #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:01 am   Money doesn't grow on trees?
 

Test No. incompl/inter-15 "Popular Idioms (2) Garden", question 7

Money doesn't grow on ..........

(a) plants
(b) bulbs
(c) trees
(d) bushes

Test No. incompl/inter-15 "Popular Idioms (2) Garden", answer 7

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Correct answer: (c) trees

Your answer was: incorrect
Money doesn't grow on bushes.
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Money #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:54 am   Money
 

It means you have to give something in return for money. You have to earn money.

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Money doesn't grow on trees? #3 (permalink) Mon Jun 21, 2010 16:12 pm   Money doesn't grow on trees?
 

Dear Torsten,
I think this idiom is also used to tell somebody not to spend money carelessly because you don't have a lot of it. Is it right?
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Money doesn't grow on trees? #4 (permalink) Mon Jun 21, 2010 16:33 pm   Money doesn't grow on trees?
 

You can use it for that purpose, yes.
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