where there’s muck there’s brass
- where there’s muck there’s brass
Brass is a slang and dialectal word for ‘money’ here.
1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 179 Muck and money go together.
1855 H. G. BOHN Hand-Book of Proverbs 564 Where there is muck there is money.
1943 J. W. DAY Farming Adventure xii. ‘Where there’s muck there’s money’ is as true now as then. But farms today lack the mud.
1967 Punch 13 Sept. 396 ‘Where there’s muck there’s brass’ synopsised for many a North-country businessman the value of dirt in the profit-making process.
2001 Spectator 15/22 Dec. 28 Where there’s muck, there’s brass, and it was the job of the stercorarius to empty the cesspits and sell on the contents to farmers on city outskirts.
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where there's muck there's brass — where there’s muck there’s brass british phrase used for saying that people can make money if they are willing to do unpleasant jobs Thesaurus: relating to money and possessionssynonym types of tax and taxationhyponym Main entry: muck * * * where … Useful english dictionary
where there's muck, there's brass — You can make money doing dirty jobs nobody else wants to do. Where there s muck, there s money is also used … The small dictionary of idiomes
where there's muck there's brass — ► where there s muck there s brass proverb dirty or unpleasant activities are also lucrative. Main Entry: ↑muck … English terms dictionary
Where there's muck, there's brass. — British something that you say which means you can make a lot of money from work that most people do not want to do because they think it is dirty or unpleasant. Decorating s a messy job, but where there s muck, there s brass … New idioms dictionary
where there's muck there's brass — Meaning Where there are dirty jobs to be done there is money to be made. Origin Originated in Yorkshire, England where brass is a slang term for money. Hardly used nowadays, although writers sometimes call on it when they want to establish a… … Meaning and origin of phrases
where there's muck there's brass — British used for saying that people can make money if they are willing to do unpleasant jobs … English dictionary
muck — ► NOUN 1) dirt or rubbish. 2) manure. ► VERB 1) (muck up) informal spoil. 2) (muck about/around) Brit. informal behave in a silly or aimless way. 3) ( … English terms dictionary
muck — muck1 [ mʌk ] noun uncount 1. ) INFORMAL dirt, or an unpleasant substance 2. ) waste matter from animals, especially when it is spread on fields to improve the soil 3. ) MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL something unpleasant, offensive, or of no value: Why … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
muck — I UK [mʌk] / US noun [uncountable] 1) informal dirt, or an unpleasant substance Wash your hands – they re covered in muck. 2) waste matter from animals, especially when it is spread on fields to improve the soil 3) informal something unpleasant,… … English dictionary
muck — see where there’s muck there’s brass … Proverbs new dictionary
