shopping idioms

How often do you hit

the shops? Do you

ever pick up a

bargain?

How often do you go

window-shopping

?

Do you haggle

over the price when

shopping?

to argue when you are trying to agree about

the price of something

What do you most like shopping

around for? Did the product live up to the hype?if sth or sb lives up to a

particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do

what they promisedattempts to make people

think sth is good or important by talking about it a lot on television, the radio

etc - used to show disapproval

When was the last time you went on a shopping

spree? What did you buy?

a short period of time when you do a lot of one activity, especially spending money or drinking

alcohol

Have you ever

made a few quid

by putting

something up for

sale?

be quids in to make a good profit: If this deal comes

off, we'll be quids in.

Do you ever talk

shop? Why

(not)?talk about things that

are related to your work, especially in a

way that other people find boring

Do you agree that

money doesn’t grow on trees?

Do you agree that

money is the root of all evil?