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3. see the colour of money

see the colour of money

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see the colour of somebody's money

  (British & Australian) also see the color of somebody's money (American & Australian)

to make sure that someone can pay for something before you let them have it I want to see the colour of his money before I say the car's his.

See also: colour, money, of, see