money talks

Idioms and Phrases

Wealth has great influence, as in Big contributors to campaigns are generally rewarded with important posts—in politics money talks . The idea behind this idiom was stated by Euripides in the fifth century b.c. , and some 2,000 years later Erasmus spoke of “the talking power of money” ( Adagia , 1532). The precise current locution, however, only began to be used about 1900.

Example Sentences

Money talks, after all, and the U.S. pays for almost a fifth of Egypt's military budget.

From The Daily Beast

It at least seems to reaffirm another old cliché: Money talks.

From The Daily Beast

Money talks as loudly in the Oval Office as anywhere else in politics.

From The Daily Beast

The Americans have a saying, "Money talks," which is much like one of our own.

From Project Gutenberg

Money talks—but not unless its owner has a loose tongue, and then its remarks are always offensive.

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You will forgive me, my dear Mr. Viner, if I appear to be facetious, which I am not—but money talks.

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That we are in earnest we have got to assure him someway, and money talks best.

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But still, "money talks," and even against his will Chester was impressed.

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