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synonym " they were all making money hand over fist"?


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14:02 Dec 26, 2011
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English term or phrase: synonym " they were all making money hand over fist"?
Hello, can you find a synonym of " they were all making money hand over fist"?Thanks in advance.
contexte:He had been a young man when he first left home to make his fortune. There were plenty of Greeks in East Africa in those days, and news came back that they were all making money hand over fist.
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Summary of answers provided
5raking in the dough
sognatrice
4 +1license to print money
NancyLynn
4 +1left and right
Veronika McLaren
4 +1they were all amassing considerable fortunes
Jenni Lukac
4they were all making a lot of money
Martin Riordan
4they were all successful financially
Mwananchi
3relentlessly
Daniel Frisano Paulon
Summary of reference entries provided
Quickly and continuously
Kim Metzger

Discussion entries: 4





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
relentlessly


Explanation:
proposal

Daniel Frisano Paulon
Italy
Local time: 03:19
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FriulianFriulian
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
they were all making a lot of money


Explanation:
One possibility.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 22:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
they were all amassing considerable fortunes


Explanation:
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All scorned the medical establishment for avarice while amassing considerable fortunes of their own; and although the American Medical Association castigated ...; www.monticello.org/site/research.../martin-daws... -
After amassing a considerable fortune, he moved his business from Milton to Scottsville. From 1808 until his death, Dawson was a county magistrate. He was ...


Jenni Lukac
Local time: 03:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Yes: not just a lot, but lots and lots!
35 mins
  -> Thanks, Charles, or "stacks/tons" of money, but I went for a clear meaning here as I imagine it for translation to another language.
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
left and right


Explanation:
If you are looking for another idiom...

The expression means "very rapidly" and likely comes from rope-climbing, where the free hand is passed over and above the fist holding the rope (Penguin Dictionary of Idioms)

Veronika McLaren
Local time: 21:19
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denis Paolillo
27 mins
  -> Thank you Denis!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
license to print money


Explanation:
If I understand you correctly, you're looking for another expression with the same meaning.

One fun expression I sometimes hear is "he must have a license to print money!"

HTH.

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 21:19
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 26

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agree  Denis Paolillo
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
they were all successful financially


Explanation:
They were all accumulating (great) wealth. They were all amassing wealth.

Mwananchi
Kenya
Local time: 04:19
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwahiliSwahili
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7 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
raking in the dough


Explanation:
Nothing if not a good 'ole colloquial idiom for making money hand over fist!

sognatrice
Italy
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


21 mins
Reference: Quickly and continuously

Reference information:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hand-over-fist.html

Kim Metzger
Mexico
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 187
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