money isn’t everything

money isn’t everything

1922 Vanity Fair Sept. 39 (heading) Money Isn’t Everything.

1927 E. O’NEILL Marco Millions iii. Money isn’t everything, not always.

a 1947 F. THOMPSON Still glides Stream (1948) ii. He said quite angrily that money was not everything, there was the satisfaction of knowing you’d turned out a good job.

1975 J. I. M. STEWART Young Pattullo xv. If one owns property one can always have a little money follow one around. But we all know that money isn’t everything.

2007 Times2 5 July 7 Ah yes, he said glumly, but the hours are relentless, the people dismal and the work very dull. Besides..money isn’t everything.


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  • everything — / evriTIN/ pronoun 1 each thing or all things: Everything is ready for the party. | I ve forgotten everything I learned at school. | everything else (=all the other things): There s only bread left; they ve eaten everything else. 2 used when… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • money — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Medium of exchange Nouns 1. money, finance, funds, treasure, capital, assets; ways and means, wherewithal; money matters, economics, the dismal science; resources, backing (see means); purse strings.… …   English dictionary for students

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  • everything — pronoun 1》 all things.     ↘all things of importance.     ↘the most important thing or aspect: money isn t everything. 2》 life in general …   English new terms dictionary

  • everything — eve|ry|thing [ evri,θıŋ ] pronoun *** When everything is a subject, it is used with a singular verb. 1. ) all the things, activities, etc. that are involved in a situation: The earthquake destroyed everything within a 25 mile radius. Everything s …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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