moneybags
a rich person
TRANSLATION
moneybags = eine reiche Person, der Geldsack --- GOOGLE INDEX moneybags: approximately 450,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Still at the top of the world's list of MONEYBAGS is Mexican mogul Carlos Slim, boasting a fortune of 74 billion dollars.
(The Voice of Russia)
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"Back-door gifts through front companies blatantly break the spirit of the law on cleaning up Britain's MONEYBAGS politics," he said.
(BBC News)
(The Voice of Russia)
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"Back-door gifts through front companies blatantly break the spirit of the law on cleaning up Britain's MONEYBAGS politics," he said.
(BBC News)
Did you
know?
moneybags
noun, slang
- a rich person
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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In 2010, an e-mail began circulating with the claim that the month of August was special. An August with five Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays supposedly occurs only once every 823 years. The e-mail further said that according to Chinese Feng Shui, these years are referred to as "moneybags". Anyone who refused to forward the e-mail to another person would thus end up in the poor house.
A glance at previous year's calendars brings us to another conclusion however. August has five Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays whenever the month begins on a Sunday (like in 2010). And because of the Leap Year, this happens in an irregular pattern of every 6 years, every 5 years, every 6 years and every 11 years, after which the pattern is repeated. That's a big "leap" to every 823 years.
On the other hand, the year 2011 is indeed special:
- This year includes the following dates - 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11 and 11/11/11.
- Take the last two digits of your birth year and add the age you will be this year. The result is 111 for everyone.
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SYNONYMS
bank roller, fat cat, magnate, tycoon, wealthy person, someone who has deep pockets
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Monte Carlo is still the place of choice for moneybags."
noun, slang
- a rich person
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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In 2010, an e-mail began circulating with the claim that the month of August was special. An August with five Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays supposedly occurs only once every 823 years. The e-mail further said that according to Chinese Feng Shui, these years are referred to as "moneybags". Anyone who refused to forward the e-mail to another person would thus end up in the poor house.
A glance at previous year's calendars brings us to another conclusion however. August has five Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays whenever the month begins on a Sunday (like in 2010). And because of the Leap Year, this happens in an irregular pattern of every 6 years, every 5 years, every 6 years and every 11 years, after which the pattern is repeated. That's a big "leap" to every 823 years.
On the other hand, the year 2011 is indeed special:
- This year includes the following dates - 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11 and 11/11/11.
- Take the last two digits of your birth year and add the age you will be this year. The result is 111 for everyone.
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SYNONYMS
bank roller, fat cat, magnate, tycoon, wealthy person, someone who has deep pockets
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Monte Carlo is still the place of choice for moneybags."
