no bucks, no Buck Rogers
no bucks, no Buck Rogers
No money, no space travel. The phrase comes from The Right Stuff, a movie about the beginnings of US space exploration. "Bucks" is a slang term for money, while "Buck Rogers" was a space-traveling comic strip character in the early 20th century. Government funding for the space program has been down in light of recent disasters. It's a sad reality for us astronauts—no bucks, no Buck Rogers.
See also: buck, no, Roger
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- chedda
- a lot of moola
- be made of money
- be (right) on the money
- be pushed for money
- don't spend it all in one place
- be pressed for money
- be pressed/pushed for money, space, time, etc.
- color of someone's money, see the
- burn a hole in (one's) pocket