big bucks
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Noun
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big
bucks
pl
(
plural only
)
(
idiomatic
)
Lots of
money
.
The new managing director must be making
big bucks
after his promotion.
1999
, Dale Brown,
The Tin Man
, page 96:
But he was unable to get a gun permit and make the
big bucks
of an armed security guard, so he made minimum wage as a seasonal-hire watchman
2006
,
Ann Coulter
,
Godless
:
After all the carping about how little teachers are paid, if someone enters the teaching profession for the
big bucks
aren't they too stupid to be teaching our kids?
Synonyms
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megabucks
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