be money for jam
be money for jam
To be a very quick and easy way to earn money. Primarily heard in UK. A: "I'm getting paid to stay in my neighbours' mansion while they're on holiday." B: "Wow, that'll be money for jam!" I love working on bicycles, so this job will be money for jam.
See also: jam, money
money for jam
A very quick and easy way to earn money. Primarily heard in UK. A: "I'm getting paid to stay in my neighbours' mansion while they're on holiday." B: "Wow, that'll be money for jam!" Twenty quid for watching a movie while the kids are asleep? Sounds like money for jam to me!
See also: jam, money
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
money for jam (or old rope)
1 money earned for little or no effort. 2 an easy task. British informalThese expressions, which date back to the early 20th century, may have originated as military slang. In 1919 , the Athenaeum stated that money for jam arose as the result of the ‘great use of jam in the Army’.
See also: jam, money
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- money for jam
- money for old rope
- be money for old rope
- coin it
- coin it (in)
- make good money
- a wide boy
- earn a/your crust
- earn a crust
- earn a packet