viernes, 11 de marzo de 2016

TODAY'S IDIOM: MAKE A KILLING

"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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