money doesn’t grow on trees

(proverb) don’t waste money because it is hard to get

Example Sentences:

Son: Mom, can I have $50 to go to a concert?
Mom: No way! Get a job! Money doesn’t grow on trees.

When Enrique was younger, his father told him that money doesn’t grow on trees, and that he would have to work hard if he wanted to be rich.

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Similar idioms:

1. made of money
2. plan B
3. back-up plan
4. money doesn’t buy happiness
5. look a gift horse in the mouth
6. get out of one’s face
7. like father, like son
8. back off
9. make ends meet
10. you can’t teach an old dog new tricks
11. scrape by
12. on second thought
13. give someone the benefit of the doubt