- see the colour of someone's money
- see the colour of (someone's) money
to make sure that someone can pay for something before you let them have it.
I want to see the colour of his money before I say the car's his.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
see the colour of someone's money
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see the colour of someone's money — see the colour of someone’s money informal phrase to have proof that someone is going to pay you Thesaurus: relating to borrowing money and owing moneyhyponym Main entry: colour … Useful english dictionary
see the colour of someone's money — informal to have proof that someone is going to pay you … English dictionary
see the colour of money — see the colour of (someone s) money to make sure that someone can pay for something before you let them have it. I want to see the colour of his money before I say the car s his … New idioms dictionary
see colour of someone's money — If you want to see the colour of somebody s money, you want to be sure that the person in question has enough money to pay you before you accept to do something. I want to see the colour of his money before shipping the goods … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
colour — [[t]kʌ̱lə(r)[/t]] ♦ colours, colouring, coloured (in AM, use color) 1) N COUNT: usu with supp The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours. What colour… … English dictionary
money — [[t]mʌ̱ni[/t]] ♦ monies, moneys (plural) 1) N UNCOUNT Money is the coins or bank notes that you use to buy things, or the sum that you have in a bank account. A lot of the money that you pay at the cinema goes back to the film distributors...… … English dictionary
colour — I UK [ˈkʌlə(r)] / US [ˈkʌlər] noun Word forms colour : singular colour plural colours *** Talking or writing about colours: general shade one of the different types of a particular colour, especially when describing how dark or light it is: a… … English dictionary
colour — colour1 W1S1 BrE color AmE [ˈkʌlə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(red/blue/green etc)¦ 2¦(colour in general)¦ 3¦(somebody s race)¦ 4 people/women/students etc of color 5¦(substance)¦ 6 in (full) colour 7¦(somebody s face)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
colour — 1 BrE color AmE noun 1 A COLOUR (C) red, blue, yellow, green, brown, purple etc: What colour are your eyes? They re brown. | My favourite colour is purple. | light/bright/pastel etc colour: Children like bright colors. | be an orange/greenish etc … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
see — 1 /si:/ verb past tense saw past participle seen /si:n/ UNDERSTAND/REALIZE 1 (I, T) to understand or realize something: I can see that you re not very happy with the situation. | Seeing his distress, Louise put her arm around him. (+ why/what/who … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
