Bill: Joe needs a hundred dollars to pay his landlord. I'm thinking about lending it to him. Alan: Lend your money and lose your friend.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
lend your money and lose your friend — 1474 CAXTON Game of Chess (1883) III. iv. 112 And herof speketh Domas the philosopher and sayth that my frende borrowed money of me And I haue lost my frende and my money attones [simultaneously]. 1600–1 SHAKESPEARE Hamlet I. iii. 75 Neither a… … Proverbs new dictionary
money — see money can’t buy happiness money has no smell money isn’t everything money is power money is the root of all evil money, like manure, does no good till it is spread … Proverbs new dictionary
lose — see what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts you cannot lose what you never had a bleating sheep loses a bite lend your money and lose your friend the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle a tale … Proverbs new dictionary
friend — see a friend in need is a friend indeed the best of friends must part the enemy of my enemy is my friend lend your money and lose your friend if you have to live in the river, it is best to be friends with the crocodile … Proverbs new dictionary
lend — see lend your money and lose your friend distance lends enchantment to the view … Proverbs new dictionary
money — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ There is big money in golf for the top players. ▪ easy ▪ He started stealing as a way of making easy money. ▪ bonus … Collocations dictionary
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Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
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debt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) State of owing money Nouns 1. debt, indebtedness, obligation, liability, debit, score; charge, charge account; arrears, deferred payment, accounts receivable; deficit, default; insolvency, nonpayment,… … English dictionary for students
