make a killing
Verb
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Verb
make a killing
- (idiomatic) To win or earn a large amount of money.
- 1913, Rex Ellingwood Beach, The Iron Trail: An Alaskan Romance, ch. 5:
- "Now if they were playing faro I could make a killing."
- 2009, Tom Huddleston, "What's all the fuss about 'Slumdog Millionaire'? ↗," Time, 17 Jan.:
- Danny Boyle's critical darling 'Slumdog Millionaire' has made a killing at the box office and is now being lavished with awards.
- 1913, Rex Ellingwood Beach, The Iron Trail: An Alaskan Romance, ch. 5:
- French: toucher le jackpot
- German: den großen Reibach machen, Reibach machen, sich eine goldene Nase verdienen
- Italian: sbancare, fare una fortuna
- Russian: грести́ де́ньги лопатой
- Spanish: hacer su agosto, hacerse la América, ponerse las botas
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