A news item with some English idioms about money and business ventures
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Dot.com Success
Two young entrepreneurs, who started a new Internet business two years ago, have today sold the business for £3,000,000.
Jenny Curtis, co-founder of Slimmmm.com, says, ‘Everyone thinks we’ve made a killing, but it was hard work. For the first 18 months we couldn’t make ends meet – I couldn’t even buy a new pair of socks! When the business finally got off the ground, we worked 18 hours a day for six months.’
Meanings
make a killing – make a big profit quickly
‘Joe made a killing when the 8-legged spider-men visited Earth.’
make ends meet – have enough money to pay for necessities
get (a project) off the ground – launch or start to be successful