filthy lucre | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,derogatory,oftenhumorousin modern use)Money, especially ifobtaineddishonestly.(money obtained dishonestly):Synonyms:dirty money,lucre1526, [William Tyndale, transl.],The Newe Testamẽt[…](Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany:Peter Schöffer],→OCLC,The Pistle of Paul unto Titusj:[10–11],folio cclxxxiij, verso:For there are many diſobedient and talkers off vanitie⸝ and diſceavers off myndes⸝ namly they off the circumciſion⸝ whoſe mouthes muſt be ſtopped⸝ which pervert whole houſes⸝ teachynge thyngꝭ [thynges] which they ought nott⸝ becauſe offfilthy lucre.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,1 Timothy3:2–3:A Biſhop then muſt be blameleſſe,[…]Not giuen to wine, no ſtriker, not greedy offilthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous;[…]1855January 5,Anthony Trollope, “Iphigenia”, inThe Warden, London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,→OCLC,page175:Both her auditors, brother and sister, assented to this, and declared on their own knowledge that no man lived less addicted tofilthy lucrethan the warden.1900, “The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice,a.d.787.[The Canons of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Council. Canon XIX.]”, inHenry R[obert] Percival(volume),Philip Schaff,Henry Wace(series), editors,The Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Undivided Church.[…](A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series; XIV), New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons; Oxford, Oxfordshire; London: Parker & Company,→OCLC,page567:The abomination offilthy lucrehas made such inroads among the rulers of the churches, that certain of those who call themselves religious men and women, forgetting the commandments of the Lord have been altogether led astray, and for the sake of money have received those presenting themselves for the sacerdotal order and the monastic life.2022November 2, Daniela Elser, “KingCharlescould strip Harry of Duke title after his memoir, Spare, is released”, inShayne Currie, editor,The New Zealand Herald‎[1], Auckland:New Zealand Media and Entertainment,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon15 December 2022:The reason why, like pretty much everything these days connected with the current Duke [Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex] and his wifeMeghan, Duchess of Sussex, comes down to their various money-making gambits. (With a reported $68,000-a-month mortgage to pay and a hen house full of chooks to keep in gluten-free grain, these days the couple needfilthy lucrethe exact same way that you and I do.)

Examples:

EN: Just a little filthy lucre Buys a lot of things
ES: Un poco de sucio dinero trae un montón de cosas
ES: Un poco de sucio dinero trae un montón de cosas
EN: You already have your filthy lucre.
ES: Ya tiene su lucro inmundo.
EN: The true priests are those of us who defend the innocent, the enemies of injustice, hypocrisy and filthy lucre.
ES: Los verdaderos sacerdotes somos los que defendemos al inocente; Los enemigos de la injusticia, de la hipocresía y del vil metal.
EN: I hate to interfere with your rest and relaxation... but I do have a short shopping list from some of the gang. And of course the filthy lucre to pay for same.
ES: Detesto interferir en su descanso y relajación... pero tengo una lista de compras de los chicos y el cochino parné para pagarlas.
EN: So it's all about the money, then? The filthy lucre.
ES: El sindicato los traicionó.
EN: I don't want your filthy lucre.
ES: - No quiero tu sucio dinero.
EN: Not enough filthy lucre to keep it alive.
ES: Falta de mugroso dinero para mantenerla.
EN: It occurred to them that some of that filthy lucre could be flowing the other way, with the handy by-product of stemming China's escalating economic clout.
ES: Se les ocurrió que algunos de estos Podría canalizarse hacia el otro lado, con el conveniente subproducto de la creciente influencia de China.
EN: We jettison our academic standards for filthy lucre.
ES: Así que desechamos estándares académicos por el sucio lucro.
EN: You hocked your idealism for a pile of filthy lucre.
ES: Supongo que... empeñaste tu idealismo por una pila de asqueroso dinero.
EN: Is that the filthy lucre you earned with your body?
ES: ¿Es eso el inmundo lucro que ganó con su cuerpo?
EN: Filthy, filthy lucre.
ES: Sucio, sucio dinero.
EN: The Lord doesn't need your filthy, filthy lucre, thief.
ES: El Señor no necesita tu más que vil metal, ladrón.
EN: Pettifogger shysters for filthy lucre.
ES: Leguleyos pedantes por el vil dinero.
ES: Leguleyos pedantes por el vil dinero.
ES: Leguleyos pedantes por el vil dinero!
ES: Leguleyos pedantes por el vil dinero!
EN: Well, I don't want to bring "filthy lucre" into the mix, but I would love to be part of your endeavor, Michael.
ES: Bueno no quiero meter el lucro en la mezcla pero... me encantaría ser parte de tu encomienda, Michael.

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