made of money



made of money

Very rich, as in Afford a limousine? Do you think I'm made of money? This hyperbolic expression uses made of in the sense of "composed of," a usage dating from about 1200.
See also: made, money, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Peggy['pegi]
Pietrina-Italian
Jehieljee-HIE-əl (English)Biblical
Tamerlane-History
Ahmed-Turkish, Bosnian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
IndahEEN-dahIndonesian