mint
Related to mint: Mint condition, Mint leaves
be in mint condition
To be in pristine condition with no evidence of use or wear. My brother made a lot of money selling vintage baseball cards that were in mint condition. My family goes to the auto show every year because we all love seeing classic cars that are in mint condition.
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be minting it
To be earning a lot of money, usually quickly. That company has such a great product that it's no surprise they're minting it these days.
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coin money
To earn a very large amount of money, especially by doing something very successfully. We'll be coining money if we can manage to secure a trading partner in China. I hear Sarah been coining money with sales from her latest novel.
See also: coin, money
earn a mint
To earn a very large amount of money, especially by doing something very successfully. A mint is a place where coins are manufactured. We'll earn a mint if we can manage to secure a trading partner in China. I hear Sarah is earning a mint with sales from her latest novel.
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in mint condition
In brand new or pristine condition, with no evidence of use or wear. It is so rare to see this model car in mint condition like this—you've really done an outstanding job of taking care of it throughout the years. My brother made a lot of money selling vintage baseball cards that were in mint condition.
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make a mint
To earn a very large amount of money, especially by doing something very successfully. We'll make a mint if we can manage to secure a trading partner in China. I hear Sarah is making a mint with sales from her latest novel.
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mint chocolate chip
A popular dessert flavor that tastes like mint and contains hard chocolate pieces. I'm getting a scoop of mint chocolate chip—what ice cream flavor do you want?
See also: chip, chocolate, mint
mint condition
The state of an object that is in perfect condition, as if it has never been touched or otherwise used. The phrase originally referred to coins that were never put into circulation and thus remained in the same pristine condition as when they were produced at the mint. There's no way I'm selling my mint condition Babe Ruth rookie card—I don't care how much money it would get, it's one of my most prized possessions!
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mint it
slang To earn a lot of money, usually quickly. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. That company has such a great product that it's no surprise they're minting it these days.
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mint money
To earn a very large amount of money, especially by doing something very successfully. We'll be minting money if we can manage to secure a trading partner in China. I hear Sarah has minted money with sales from her latest novel.
See also: mint, money
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*in mint condition
Fig. in perfect condition. (*Typically: be ~;find something ~.) This is a fine car. It runs well and is in mint condition. We saw a house in mint condition and decided to buy it.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
coin money
Also, mint money. Make a great deal of money easily or very quickly. For example, With a monopoly on the market he could coin money, or These highly motivated realtors just about enable the agency to mint money. This hyperbolic expression dates from the mid-1800s.
See also: coin, money
mint condition, in
In excellent condition, unblemished, perfect, as in This car is in mint condition. This expression alludes to the condition of a freshly minted coin. [c. 1900]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
in mint condition
(of an object) new or as if new; in pristine condition.The image behind this phrase is of a newly minted coin.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
in mint conˈdition
new or as good as new; in perfect condition: The books were 30 years old but they were in mint condition. My bicycle isn’t exactly in mint condition so I really can’t ask much for it.See also: condition, mint
make, etc. a ˈmint (of money)
(informal) make a lot of money: They’ve made a mint of money with their new range of travel books. You can earn a mint selling ice cream on the beach in July and August. OPPOSITE: take a bathA mint is a place where money is made.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
mint
1. n. a lot of money. He makes a mint. He can afford a little generosity.
2. mod. good-looking; superior. (As in mint condition.) These tunes are mint, all right!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
mint condition, in
Appearing to be brand-new and unused; in excellent shape. A favorite hyperbole of used-car salesmen and secondhand dealers, this term was borrowed from philatelists who so describe a new, unused stamp. It began to be transferred to other objects by the 1920s. Iris Murdoch used it in her novel The Flight from the Enchanter (1956): “The books were chaotic, but in mint condition.”
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mint of money, make a
Strike it rich; earn a huge profit. The mint in question here is the place where money is manufactured under government auspices, and by extension it betokens a vast amount of cash. “Mint of money” has been so used since the sixteenth century, but the idea of “making” it dates only from the nineteenth century, when large sums began to be acquired less from inherited wealth than from business enterprise.
See also: make, mint, of
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- be in mint condition
- in mint condition
- mint condition, in
- be in the pink of condition
- get into the pink of condition
- in the pink
- in an interesting condition
- in the pink of condition
- in nick
- in good/poor/etc. nick