Profit Phrases

Phrases

• A prophet is not recognized in his own land
• All is fish that comes to the net
• Banner year
• Capital gains
• Capital surplus
• Cash cow
• Cast the net wide
• Conflict of interest
• Doing a land-office business
• Efficiency drive
• False prophet
• Gain admittance
• Gain advantage
• Gain ground
• Have the advantage of
• In your interest
• Love interest
• Make a killing
• More human interest (Washington Mutual advertising slogan)
• Mutual advantage
• Net meeting
• No pain, no gain
• On the plus side
• Paper profit
• Person of interest
• Plough something back
• Pocket the difference
• Profit margin
• Quids in
• Rake in the money
• Rake it in
• Return To Sender (Elvis Presley song)
• Return of the Jedi (George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series)
• Return to the fold
• Safety net
• Scalping tickets (unauthorised tickets resold for a profit)
• Self interest
• Surf the net
• Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
• Take a healthy interest
• Take advantage of
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes story)
• The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read (Mark Twain quotation)
• The point of no return
• Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest
• Vested interest
• What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
• Windfall profits