Challenge - Money Terms, Phrases, Expressions

Question

Have you ever noticed how many references to water or liquid are used in English when we discuss money?

For example: He has no liquid assets.

I want to see how many others we can come up with. I also would like to know if there are corresponding terms in Spanish.

For those of you learning English, you might want to pay attention, because they probably wouldn't ordinarily make sense to someone who hadn't heard them used repeatedly.

I've already given the first one.

He has no liquid assets. El está ilíquido.

"activo líquido o activo circulante"... I've never heard "ilíquido" in Spanish :) - Benz, MAR 3, 2010

Él no tiene... - Benz, MAR 3, 2010

or just: "Él no tiene liquidez" - Mokay, MAR 3, 2010

Answer 1

Yo sé que este término no tiene nada que ver con el agua, pero se dice "He's loaded," por describir una persona rica.

Answer 2

They flooded the stores with forged $20,OO bills.

Answer 3

Saving my pennies for a rainy day

Answer 4

showered in money.

Answer 5

Tasa (but not Taza that holds liquid).

Interest rate on government paper (including rate of inflation, unemployment, etc).

Oh, excellent. - h1deaway, MAR 5, 2010

Answer 6

The economy is saturated in debt.

Answer 7

They bled him dry, of every penny.

Answer 8

Awash in a sea of money.

Awash was already used, but there are other A-words. - h1deaway, MAR 5, 2010