where there's muck there's money

  • 1where there's muck there's brass — where there’s muck there’s brass british phrase used for saying that people can make money if they are willing to do unpleasant jobs Thesaurus: relating to money and possessionssynonym types of tax and taxationhyponym Main entry: muck * * * where …

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  • 2where there's muck, there's brass — You can make money doing dirty jobs nobody else wants to do. Where there s muck, there s money is also used …

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  • 3where there’s muck there’s brass — Brass is a slang and dialectal word for ‘money’ here. 1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 179 Muck and money go together. 1855 H. G. BOHN Hand Book of Proverbs 564 Where there is muck there is money. 1943 J. W. DAY Farming Adventure xii. ‘Where… …

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  • 4Where there's muck, there's brass. — British something that you say which means you can make a lot of money from work that most people do not want to do because they think it is dirty or unpleasant. Decorating s a messy job, but where there s muck, there s brass …

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  • 5where there's muck there's brass — Meaning Where there are dirty jobs to be done there is money to be made. Origin Originated in Yorkshire, England where brass is a slang term for money. Hardly used nowadays, although writers sometimes call on it when they want to establish a… …

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  • 6where there's muck there's brass — British used for saying that people can make money if they are willing to do unpleasant jobs …

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  • 7muck — muck1 [ mʌk ] noun uncount 1. ) INFORMAL dirt, or an unpleasant substance 2. ) waste matter from animals, especially when it is spread on fields to improve the soil 3. ) MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL something unpleasant, offensive, or of no value: Why …

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  • 8money — 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 …

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  • 9Glossary of poker terms — The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the Glossary of card terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal …

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  • 10Oxford 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 …

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