English / idiom
A Buck Is a Buck Is a Buck
MEANING IN ENGLISH
An emphatic expression asserting that money has the same purchasing power and worth regardless of how unglamorous the source is.
In context
01
Whether you earn your livelihood by sweeping floors or designing software, a buck is a buck is a buck.
02
The disciplined shopkeeper tracked every small coin, insisting that a buck is a buck is a buck.
Synonyms
cash is cash,money is interchangeable,value remains constant
Antonyms
turning down honest earnings,snobbish view of labor,wasteful arrogance
Collocations
remind someone that a buck,insist that a buck,maintain that a buck