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.
See also:
  • 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