made of money

1. Very rich, as in Afford a limousine? Do you think I'm made of money? This hyperbolic expression uses made of in the sense of “composed of,” a usage dating from about 1200.

Example Sentences

“Everybody likes a party, and maybe some day it will make sense to do that again, but we’re not made of money — we’re a nonprofit, so how can we use our resources to be the greatest force for good right now?”

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I am not made of money, and I want my son divorced and only paying a fair share of his kids’ expenses.

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And, unless you happen to be made of money, you’re definitely getting your blood pumping hiking up to your seats.

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“I’m not made of money,” he said in the first debate.

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“But not so, because I’m not made of money. When you live on a fixed income, you really have to think about money because, bottom line, everything boils down to that.”

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Related Words

• affluent 
• easy 
• fat 
• prosperous 
• wealthy 
• well-heeled 
• well-off 
• well-to-do