お金にまつわる言い回し
beat down : get discount
ex: Why don’t you try and beat him down to $20.
knock off : reduced the price by a certain sum
ex: The dealer knocked 10% off the price.
pick it up : bought it at a cheap price
ex: I picked it up for $30.
※pick up [something]だと、ただ買うだけになる
club together : put our money together as a group
ex: We should club together and get her some flowers or nice gift.
rip [someone] off : cheated someone by making someone pay too much
ex: They really ripped me off last time.
rip-off : 高すぎる
ex: Tourist shops are a real rip-off.
shop around : look at different shops and compare prices
ex: Let’s shop around a bit.
※look aroundだと店内を見て回る
snap up : buy it quickly because the price is good
ex: If I were you I’d snap it up.
fork out : pay for something, especially when you do not want to
ex: Now we have to fork out for two new ones.
stock up : 買いだめ
ex: We should stock up on fruit and vegetables.
skimp on : 節約する
ex: We should never skimp on healthy foods.
splash out : ぜいたくにお金を使う感じ spend a lot of money on something we didn’t really need
ex: We splashed out on lots of new furniture last month
run up : 出費を増やす
ex: I ran up a huge bill
sell off : 売り払う
ex: They’re selling off printers at half price at the computer store.
sell out : 売切れ、売り切る
ex : They sell out?