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tidy sum

tidy sum {n. phr.}

A large amount of money.

The Smith's big new home cost them a tidy sum.

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pretty penny

[pretty penny] {n. phr.} A large amount of money. * /Their new house is so big and modern that we're sure it must have cost them a pretty penny./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Alfred Hitchcock

(1899-1980) U.S. film-maker There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. www.english-slang.com

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[pick up] {v.} 1. To take up; lift. * /During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard./ 2. {informal} To pay for someone else. * /After lunch, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Christopher Morley

(1890-1957) U.S. editorwriter By the time the youngest children have learned to keep the house tidy, the oldest grandchildren are on hand to tear it to pieces. www.english-slang.com

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