idioms
- talk a good game (wiktionary.org) - To speak emphatically and at length about one's ability, intentions, or achievements, without yet producing any clear evidence or actual results
- from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-07-14/money-stuff-sec-sues-space-spac?srnd=undefinedKokorich talked a good game about his plasma space rockets
- As right as rain - absolutely fine, hunky dory, tickety-boo
- from “As Right as Rain - Caroline Taggart - 2013” → pg-124
- rain check (wiktionary.org) - “a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable”
- penny wise, pound foolish (wiktionary.org) - Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful with large amounts.
- five-finger discount (idioms.online) - shoplifting, stealing.
- from https://www.barrons.com/articles/costco-membership-crackdown-stealing-afec29f6?mod=hp_columniststhe term “stealing” is more often associated with using a five-finger discount on a product.
- cost someone a pretty penny (cambridge.org) - to be very expensive
- from https://www.barrons.com/articles/clorox-cyberattack-breach-stock-price-8fae9f1e?mod=hp_columnistsHarnessing new technology like artificial intelligence and machine learning already costs a pretty penny.
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