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
Corona-Late Roman, Italian, Spanish
Mikhal-Biblical Hebrew
Almiro-Portuguese
KaeleaKAY-leeEnglish (Rare)
RÓZa-Hungarian
Adelinaah-de-LEE-nah (Italian), ah-dhe-LEE-nah (Spanish)Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, German, Bulgarian, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)