12 Unusual Sayings about Money from Around the World 

When it comes to speaking another language, you have to learn more than just vocabulary. All languages have aphorisms that just don’t translate neatly into other cultures, even if you know what the words technically mean. 

To that end, the insurance comparison site GoCompare.com put together this handy infographic of how people talk about money around the world. Because whether you’re traveling to Sweden or Bulgaria, you should know how to call someone stingy. 

FRENCH: To throw money through the window.
To spare no expense.

To cost the skin of your buttocks.
To be expensive.  

SPANISH: He has more wool than lamb.
To have a lot of money.  

GERMAN: To live like a maggot in bacon.
To live luxurious lifestyle.  

DUTCH: Buy something for an apple and an egg.
Bought very cheap.  

POLAND: To have a snake in your pocket.
To be cheap.  

BULGARIA: Friendship is friendship, but cheese costs money.
Don't take advantage of a friend's generosity.  

SWEDEN: To buy the pig in the bag.
Buy/do something unseen. 

CUBA: Eating a cable.
To be in financial difficulty.  

ITALY: To have short arms.
Cheap/tightfisted.  

RUSSIA: To fly through the chimney.
To go bankrupt.  

WALES: He keeps a hedgehog in his pocket.
To be cheap.  

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VOCABULARY WORDS:
1. Aphorism (n.) ~ a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.”
2. Stingy (adj.) ~ unwilling to give or spend ungenerous
3. Maggot (n.) ~ a soft-bodied legless larva, especially that of a fly found in decaying matter
4. Chimney (n.) ~ a vertical channel or pipe that conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building 

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. Let’s discuss the meaning of each saying briefly.
2. Which of the sayings above do you most agree with? Discuss your answer.
3. Is there a Korean saying about money? If yes, what is it and what does it mean?