see the color of money

see the color of someone's money

Fig. to verify that someone has money or has enough money. So, you want to make a bet? Not until I see the color of your money. I want to see the color of your money before we go any further with this business deal.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Madeleine	ma-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English)	French, English, Swedish
Regin	-	Ancient Germanic
Nicolaus	NEE-ko-lows (German)	German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Kunzang	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
Takuma	tah-koo-mah	Japanese
Giuseppa	joo-ZEP-pah	Italian