make bank
Get paid handsomely
Make bank means to earn a lot of money, especially quickly or impressively: She's been making bank since she started that consulting gig.
The phrase emphasizes substantial financial success rather than just getting by.
Bank here evokes the place where serious money accumulates.
- big bucksLarge sums of money
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- rake it inEarn abundantly
- cheddarFirm aged English cheese
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
cash money · windfall · easy money · side hustle · hustle hard · investment · earnings · revenue · bread · paper chase · cash cow · moolah · passive income · freelancing · entrepreneurship · dough · trading · salary
make bankgo bankrupt
Become legally insolvent
lose one's shirt · take a bath · go bust · lose big · go under
make bankscrape by
Survive with minimal resources
come up empty · live paycheck to paycheck · strike out · break even
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