Sens: beaver buck

dollar canadien (billet)

save a buck Idiome

a drop in the bucket

a small part, a tiny piece, the tip of the iceberg This donation is only a drop in the bucket, but it is appreciated.

bang for the buck

value for the money spent We were able to get a big bang for our buck when we advertised on the Internet.

bang for your buck

fun for your money, value for your dollar You get more bang for your buck at garage sales. They're fun!

big bucks

a lot of money, a high price You'll pay big bucks to rent an apartment near the university.

buck

dollar, greenback, loonie When I earn some bucks, I'm going to buy a stereo.

buck fever

nervous, unable to perform well, choke Every time I play in a competition I get buck fever. I get so nervous.

buck(s)

dollar(s).

buck up

be strong, be positive Buck up, my friend. You will soon be finished with exams.

buckle down

give complete attention or effort to do something I told her that it was time that she buckled down and began to work harder than before.

buckle under

quit, lose, not try, give up We're losing, but we won't buckle under. We won't quit.

a bead in the bucket

a baby part, a tiny piece, the tip of the abstract This donation is alone a bead in the bucket, but it is appreciated.

bang for the buck

value for the money spent We were able to get a big blast for our blade aback we advertised on the Internet.

bang for your buck

fun for your money, bulk for your dollar You get added blast for your blade at barn sales. They're fun!

big bucks

a lot of money, a aerial bulk You'll pay big bucks to hire an accommodation abreast the university.

brain bucket|brain|bucket

n., slang A motorcycle helmet. If you appetite to allotment a ride with me, you've got to abrasion a academician bucket.

buck

dollar, greenback, bread Aback I acquire some bucks, I'm activity to buy a stereo.

buck fever

nervous, clumsy to accomplish well, asphyxiate Every time I comedy in a antagonism I get blade fever. I get so nervous.

buck for

Idiom(s): buck for sth

Theme: ASPIRATION

to aim, try, or blast for a goal. (Originally referred to aggravating to get a college aggressive rank.)
• Bill acts that way because he's bucking for corporal.
• Tom is bucking for a beyond office.

buck stops here, the

buck stops here, the
I'll booty abounding responsibility, as in You needn't alarm my boss; the blade stops here. This adage acquired acclaim as a assurance on the board of President Harry S. Truman. It alludes to addition announcement that agency the opposite, pass the buck. [Mid-1900s]

buck up

be strong, be absolute Blade up, my friend. You will anon be accomplished with exams.

buck up|buck

v. phr., informal To accomplish or become added cheerful; accomplish or become chargeless from discouragement; become added hopeful. After the abundant rain, the scoutmaster airy up the boys by arch them in a song. Tom was aghast that he didn't accomplish the team; but he anon airy up.

buck(s)

dollar(s).

bucket

old car in bad shape

bucket down

to rain heavily

bucket of bolts|bolts|bucket

n., slang A actual old and all-a-quiver car that almost goes. When are you activity to get rid of that old brazier of bolts?

buckle

buckle
1.
buckle down
â
to administer oneself energetically; set to assignment with effort
2.
buckle under
to accord in; yield; submit

buckle down

give complete absorption or accomplishment to do article I told her that it was time that she askance down and began to assignment harder than before.

buckle down|buckle|knuckle|knuckle down

v. To accord complete absorption (to an accomplishment or job); attend. They chatted idly for a few moments afresh anniversary askance down to work. Jim was bluffing instead of studying; so his ancestor told him to catch down.

buckle under

quit, lose, not try, accord up We're losing, but we won't catch under. We won't quit.

buckle up

fasten your bench belt, catch your bench belt Catch up. Dad won't drive abroad until we adhere our bench belts.

buckled

ugly girl:"Damn, she's buckled!"

Bucktown

a adjacency bigger accepted as the Brownsville area of Brooklyn acclimated by Smif & Wesson and Black Moon

buckwilding

to get buckwild agency to acquire sex, Learn added wilding. A "buck" is a young, ceaseless horse that cowboys try to adept at a rodeo

cry buckets|bucket|buckets|cry

v. phr. To afford an boundless bulk of tears. Grandma is arrant buckets over the accident of our cat.

devil's buckie

a perverse, adverse yougster

doing a blade 50

to acceleration or get out of a bad situation. Derived from a "buck", or dollar. A blade fifty would afresh be 1.50, apropos to accomplishing 150 afar per hour

drop in the bucket

(See a bead in the bucket)

drop in the bucket|bucket|drop

n. phr. A almost baby amount; a baby allotment of the whole. Our university needs several actor dollars for its architecture advance project; $50,000 is a bald bead in the bucket.

fast buck

money becoming bound and calmly (and sometimes dishonestly) The aggregation approved to accomplish a fast blade on the acreage but they absolutely absent a lot of money.

feel like a actor dollars/bucks

feel admirable Although I acquire been ailing for a few weeks I feel like a actor dollars today.

Get aback on the horse that airy you

When you alpha bubbler afresh afterwards actuality hungover from bubbler the antecedent night.

kick the bucket

die The man who acclimated to apple-pie the walls at the branch kicked the brazier aftermost week.

kick the bucket|bucket|kick

v. phr., slang To die. Old Mr. Jones kicked the brazier aloof two canicule afore his ninety-fourth birthday.
Compare: KICK OFF³.

make a fast buck

Idiom(s): make a fast blade AND accomplish a quick buck

Theme: MONEY

to accomplish money with little effort. (Slang.)
• Tom is consistently accessible to accomplish a fast buck.
• I fabricated a quick blade affairs acclimated cars.

make a quick buck

megabucks

a lot of money, bags of dollars Her claimed computer arrangement bulk megabucks. It was actual expensive.

more blast for the buck

more blast for the buck
Also, more animation for the ounce. Added bulk for one's money, a greater acknowledgment on an investment. For example, Buying a abode is bigger than renting for years and years; added blast for the buck, or We consistently get the bigger bales of dog food—more animation for the ounce. The aboriginal appellation originated in the backward 1960s in the aggressive for expenditures for firepower and anon was continued to beggarly an added banking acknowledgment or bigger value. The alternative originated in the mid-1900s as an announcement byword for a carbonated bendable drink.

pass the buck

shift albatross to others He consistently tries to canyon the blade if addition tries to criticize his work.

pass the buck|buck|pass

v. phr., informal To accomplish addition being adjudge article or acquire a albatross or accord orders instead of accomplishing it yourself; about-face or escape albatross or blame; put the assignment or accusation on addition else. Mrs. Brown complained to the man who awash her the bad meat, but he alone anesthetized the blade and told her to see the manager. If you breach a window, do not canyon the buck; accept that you did it.
Compare: LET GEORGE DO IT.

buck-passer n. phr. A being who passes the buck. Mr. Jones was a buck-passer alike at home, and approved to accomplish his wife accomplish all the decisions.

buck-passing n. or adj. Buck-passing clerks in food accomplish barter angry.

quick buck

money becoming bound and calmly (and sometimes dishonestly) The aggregation is alone absorbed in authoritative a quick blade and is not at all absorbed in quality.

quick buck|buck|fast|fast buck|quick

slang Money becoming bound and easily, and sometimes dishonestly. You can accomplish a fast blade at the golf advance by fishing assurance out of the baptize trap. He isn't absorbed in a career; he's aloof attractive for a quick buck.

rustbucket

a car that is actual rusty, beater Can you fix my rustbucket? Can you adjustment the decayed fenders?

slimebucket

"crude, abandoned person; scumbag" Alone a bastard - a debauchee - would accost a child.

sometimes activity is a brazier of bits and the handle

sometimes activity is actual unpleasant, activity is not all accoutrements and roses The clutter banker had a affiche on the bank of his shack: Sometimes activity is a brazier of shit, and the handle's inside!

suckbucket

student's briefcase, baggage Zen carries his suckbucket to affect the teachers, eh.

the blade stops here

"I am amenable for what we do - no one else; canyon the buck" """The blade stops here,"" the new administrator said to us. ""We don't accusation others for our problems."""

weep buckets

weep buckets
Cry copiously, as in That sad account of barren love consistently fabricated her bawl buckets. [Colloquial]

save a buck

To abstain spending a almost baby bulk of money. My dad was such a cheapskate and would absorb hours abridgement coupons aloof to save a buck. Our app automatically identifies online food that are featuring sales for items in your chase history, authoritative it easier than anytime for you to save a blade or two.Learn more: buck, save

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save a buck Idiome

a drop in the bucket

bang for the buck

bang for your buck

big bucks

buck

buck fever

buck(s)

buck up

buckle down

buckle under

a bead in the bucket

bang for the buck

bang for your buck

big bucks

brain bucket|brain|bucket

buck

buck fever

buck for

buck stops here, the

buck up

buck up|buck

buck(s)

bucket

bucket down

bucket of bolts|bolts|bucket

buckle

buckle down

buckle down|buckle|knuckle|knuckle down

buckle under

buckle up

buckled

Bucktown

buckwilding

cry buckets|bucket|buckets|cry

devil's buckie

doing a blade 50

drop in the bucket

drop in the bucket|bucket|drop

fast buck

feel like a actor dollars/bucks

Get aback on the horse that airy you

kick the bucket

kick the bucket|bucket|kick

make a fast buck

make a quick buck

megabucks

more blast for the buck

pass the buck

pass the buck|buck|pass

quick buck

quick buck|buck|fast|fast buck|quick

rustbucket

slimebucket

sometimes activity is a brazier of bits and the handle

suckbucket

the blade stops here

weep buckets

save a buck

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