"MAKE A KILLING"
If you make a killing, you make a lot of money from a sale or a deal of some sort.
Example: Bill made a killing at the racetrack yesterday.
Hacer una fortuna.
Example sentences:
- My aunt made a killing when she bought some shares in a company as soon as they were issued, and sold them a few weeks later for three times what she paid / Mi tía hizo una fortuna a cuando compró algunas acciones en una empresa tan pronto como fueron publicadas y las vendió unas semanas después a tres veces de lo que pagó.
- After Julie made a killing on the stock exchange, she celebrated in a nightclub / Después de que Julie hizo una fortuna en la bolsa de valores, celebró en un centro nocturno.
Additional examples:
- Lots of people made a killing when property values went so high back in the nineties.
- They made a killing last year buying up apartment buildings.
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