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[fill the bill]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To be just what is needed; be good enough for something; be just right.

The boss was worried about hiring a deaf boy, but after he tried Tom out for a few weeks, he said that Tom filled the bill.

* /I thought  […]

[fill up] or [fill it up] or [fill her up]  {v. phr.}

To fill entirely. (Said by the driver of a car to a gas station attendant).

[filthy lucre]  {n.},  {informal}

Money, especially when thought of as bad or shameful.

When the rich gambler tried to make Sarah marry him, she said, "Keep your filthy lucre — I shall marry the man I love." — Sometimes used in a joking way.

*  […]

[filthy rich]  {adj. phr.}

Extremely rich but without cultural refinement; nouveau riche.

[finders keepers] or [finders keepers, losers weepers]  {informal}

Those who find lost things can keep them. — Used usually by children to claim the right to keep something they have found.

I don't have to give it back; it's finders keepers.

*  […]

[find fault]  {v. phr.}

To find something wrong; complain; criticize.

She tries to please him, but he always finds fault.

They found fault with every box I made.

Compare: [JUMP ON], [PICK AT] (3).

[find it in one's heart]  {v. phr.}

To be able or willing because of your nature.

He could not find it in his heart to tell her about her mother's death.

Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?

* /He could never find it in his heart to  […]

[find one's ---]  {v. phr.}

To become able to use (some power of the body or mind.)

In the program for the parents, John was nervous and could not speak at first; then he found his tongue.

The young bird had just found its wings.

* /The baby  […]

[find oneself]  {v. phr.}

To find out what one is fitted for and succeed in that.

Mary tried several lines of work, but at last found herself as a teacher.

* /Sometimes young people move around a long time from job to job before they find  […]

[find] or [get one's bearings]  {v. phr.}

To know where one is or where one is headed.