come into a (small) fortune
come into a (small) fortune
To obtain a large amount of money suddenly, often through inheritance. I heard that she came into a small fortune when her grandfather died.
See also: come, fortune
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- come into (some) money
- come into money
- it's ill waiting for dead men's shoes
- inherit
- better a dollar earned than ten inherited
- light dawned
- light dawned, the
- light dawns
- light dawns (on one)
- wait for dead men's shoes