almighty dollar | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,derogatory,idiomatic,singular only)Thedollar, satirically characterized as agod.1836,Washington Irving,The Creole Village, inKnickerbocker Magazine(November 1836), later re-published inWolfert's Roost's and Other Papers(1855)Thealmighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages; and unless some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking houses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing how long the inhabitants may remain in their present state of contented poverty.

Examples:

EN: So being an American, of course... you know, they'll do anything in their mad pursuit of the almighty dollar.
ES: Ya sabes que los amer¡canos hacen lo que sea por el poderoso dólar.
EN: And I don't remember any talk then about the almighty dollar... or "what's in it for me," or "my problems." Not then.
ES: Y no recuerdo a nadie murmurando sobre el dolar todopoderoso... o "qué gano yo con esto? , o "no es problema mío". No fue así.
EN: We spend so much time pursuing that almighty dollar that we can forget what matters most.
ES: Pasamos tanto tiempo en pos del todopoderoso dólar que olvidamos lo más importante.
EN: You're not fascinated by the almighty dollar?
ES: ¿Acaso no le fascina el todopoderoso dólar?
EN: I'm not gonna be a slave to the almighty dollar.
ES: No voy a ser un esclavo al todopoderoso dólar.
EN: It's so sad to see this beautiful pastoral countryside... blighted by the greed of a few men in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
ES: Es muy triste ver esta campiña pastoril hermosa... arruinada por la avaricia de aquéllos que buscan el dólar todopoderoso.
EN: This company's commitment is to the almighty dollar.
ES: La comición de está compañía es el poderoso dolar.
EN: It is too refreshing to meet someone not seduced by the almighty dollar. I would refuse your call.
ES: Es tan refrescante conocer a alguien no seducido por el poderoso dólar.
EN: - "The almighty dollar"? - "The almighty dollar"?
ES: - ¿"Al dólar todopoderoso"?
ES: - ¿"Al dólar todopoderoso"?
EN: Now it's the almighty dollar.
ES: Pero ahora manda el dólar.
EN: We worship the written word, not the almighty dollar, yes?
ES: Adoramos la palabra escrita, no al todopoderoso dólar, ¿sí?
EN: -Yes, the almighty dollar.
ES: - Sí, el todopoderoso dólar.
EN: Because I spent her childhood chasing after the almighty dollar.
ES: Porque pasé toda su infancia tras el dinero todopoderoso.
EN: I was too busy chasing the almighty dollar.
ES: Estaba ocupado buscando al poderoso dólar.
EN: Is it about the almighty dollar?
ES: Esto es por dinero?

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