filthy

filthy lucre

Money, in the sense of being a product or source of greed. The phrase is Biblical in origin, and the word "lucre" comes from the Latin word lucrum, meaning "profit." She's always worked to better her community, without caring a bit about the filthy lucre she could make in a different field.
See also: filthy

filthy rich

1. noun A disparaging term for those who are very wealthy. The filthy rich don't care a bit about the rest of us living in poverty.
2. adjective Very wealthy. This invention will make us filthy rich!
See also: filthy, rich
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

filthy lucre

money. I sure could use a little of that filthy lucre. I don't want to touch any of your filthy lucre.
See also: filthy

filthy rich

 
1. Fig. very wealthy. I wouldn't mind being filthy rich. There are too many filthy rich people now.
2. Fig. people who are very wealthy. The filthy rich can afford that kind of thing, but I can't. I sort of feel sorry for the filthy rich.
See also: filthy, rich
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

filthy lucre

Money; originally, money obtained dishonestly. For example, She didn't like the job but loved the filthy lucre in the form of her weekly paycheck. This term comes from the Bible (Titus 1:11), where it refers to those who teach wrongly for the sake of money. In time it came to be used loosely, and usually jokingly, for money in general, and in the mid-1900s gave rise to the jocular slang term the filthy for "money." Although both versions may be dying out, the expression filthy rich, for "extremely wealthy," survives.
See also: filthy
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

a dirty look

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a filthy look

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a black look

If someone gives you a dirty look, a filthy look, or a black look, they look at you in a way that shows that they are very angry about something. Tony was being a real pain. Michael gave him a dirty look and walked out of the kitchen. He caught the filthy look his daughter flashed him. Passing my stall, she cast black looks at the amount of stuff still unsold.
See also: dirty, look
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

filthy lucre

(...ˈlukɚ)
n. money. I sure could use a little of that filthy lucre.
See also: filthy

filthy rich

1. mod. very wealthy. I wouldn’t mind being filthy rich.
2. n. people who are very wealthy. The filthy rich can afford that kind of thing, but I can’t.
See also: filthy, rich
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

filthy lucre

Money acquired by dishonorable means. The term comes from St. Paul’s Epistle to Titus (1:11), in which he criticizes those who teach things which they ought not “for filthy lucre’s sake.” Later the term came to be used ironically for money in general, even if it had been honestly earned. Perhaps scruples have changed, for the term is heard less often today.
See also: filthy
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • filthy lucre
  • false friend
  • buzz word
  • word by word
  • from the word go
  • calaboose
  • have word (from someone or something)
  • get word (from someone or something)
  • receive word
  • receive word (from someone or something)
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NAB hereby advised former Mayor Karachi to avoid using filthy and derogatory language against NAB and utilise all his energies in defending a reference filed against him in the respected Accountability Court Karachi as NAB has filed reference against former mayor on the basis of evidence as per law.
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'Award-winning' takeaway fined for filthy state; inspectors found staff working in shocking conditions
RAWALPINDI: Residents of Rawalpindi and adjoining areas are made to purchase filthy fish as markets are over flooded and there are less consumers.Realizing the gravity of the situation, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA), which normally pays attention to restaurants, bakeries, milk and meat, raided several outlets and seized huge quantity of spoiled and filthy fish which was disposed off later.
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A MUM who ran a filthy burger van where grease dripped down the walls and the same knife was used to cut raw meat and bread buns has been fined.
Burger van shame; GREASE DRIPPED DOWN WALLS, COURT TOLD
He said on the occasion that he was doing the filthy business from the past 50 years and was involved in selling of drugs and running the gambling centers but he left these filthy businesses and wants to lives the rest of life in respectable manner.
Drug seller gets 5-year imprisonment, Rs 1 lakh fine
A TAKEAWAY has been hit with heavy fines after inspectors found rat droppings in kitchen, and filthy conditions.
Takeaway fine after dead rat