hand over fist

Idioms and Phrases

Rapidly, at a tremendous rate, as in He's making money hand over fist . This expression is derived from the nautical hand over hand , describing how a sailor climbed a rope. [First half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

With $400 a day coming in, and a very small outgo for expenses, the chums were making money hand over fist.

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He's took 'em lucky this year, and he's making money hand over fist.'

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Now, since cattle had risen and meat and all to such a price, he was making money hand over fist.

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So you see wed be apt to come up on those fellows hand over fist.

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He'd run into some hard luck, they gave him a job, and he was making money hand over fist.

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