zatáhnout (= zaplatit) účet

In addition, my company will pick up the tab for all legal and moving expenses. BNCB

He wouldn't pick up the tab for anyone else. BNCB

Despite the fact that the public purse had been so shamefully ripped off by the sales and the asset stripping, it was left to the ratepayers, through the local authority , to pick up the tab. BNCB

úplně švorc

Mary recalls how they were flat broke and almost living hand to mouth. (BNCB)

Nothing to say, dear girl, your papa is flat broke, that´s all there is to it. (BNCB)

As they bicker, Panama is flat broke.

vydělat balík

When the market went up they made a bundle. (Google)
Will the devopers make a bundle off the disaster? (Google)
Manfred made a bundle selling real estate. (Google)

koupit něco za babku

You can buy them for a song (as it were), slip them into your computer’s CD writer, and burn your own music mixes in a matter of minutes. (Google)
Along with former city planner Edmund Bacon, Mr. Peterson attracted well-heeled friends to buy property for a song in the area. (Google)
Dick introduced us all to the Black Elks Club, a place where you could buy hot jewelry for a song. (Google)

peníze na rozdávání

Christine's new boyfriend seems to have money to burn. He's always buying her extravagant gifts. (FreeDictionary)

Of course, Bennett will have money to burn until he keels over dead. (Google)

She´s bought brand new shoes, I can´t believe she can afford them. - Well, she has money to burn.(Google)

1. It was hard for him to scrape together more than a few coppers at a time. (BNCB)
   
   
2. After some persuasion on his part he managed to scrape together four reluctant nominees. (BNCB)
   
   
3. I don't know how I'm going to manage to scrape together that much money by then. (BNCB)

stát za něco, být něco platný, být na svém místě

Even today, a good employee is said to be worth his salt.

No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband.

The Greeks traded slaves for salt, and a bad slave was "not worth his salt".

prohrát kalhoty

City commissioner Ed Phillips didn't lose his shirt playing cards this week. (Google)
If he were more honest and upright he'd lose his proverbial shirt on every day on every transaction. (Google)
He said he'd lost his shirt on that race. (Google)

prodat něco (všechno) za účelem získání peněz (větší finanční částky)

1. I think it's time to cash in our chips. It's the only way we can pay the bill. (google)

2. As opposed to a regular poker game, a player cannot cash in his chips during the tournament. (google)

3. I decided it was time to cash in my chips and smell the real money. (google)

být zase na začátku

'It is shocking .We are back to square one , ' said a senior official at Jordan 's Foreign Ministry. BNCB

I was absolutely devastated. It was back to square one : telly 24 hours a day. BNCB

Rejected at that level, he was back to square one , at a disadvantage. BNCB

prasátko (pokladnička)

Drag five coins into the piggy bank that add to 27 cents. (Google)
Money is falling out of the sky and you have to collect it in your piggy bank. (Google)
Piggy banks are used to reinforce ideas of savings and spending to children; money can be easily inserted, but the pig must be broken open for it to be retreived, forcing the child to justify his or her decision. (Google)

1) We went to lunch and I was caught short and had to ask Tom to pay the bill.(Google)

2) I'm afraid I'm caught short. Could you lend me a few dollars? (Google)

3) We may need to become more realistic about our spending so that we're not caught short with expenses that exceed our income, warns First National Bank.
(Google)