soon

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AS SOON,

FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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fool and his money are soon parted

[fool and his money are soon parted] A foolish person soon wastes his money. - A proverb. * /Jimmy spends all his pennies for candy. A fool and his money […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

money

[money] See: [COIN MONEY] or [MINT MONEY], [EASY MONEY], [FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED], [FOR LOVE OR MONEY], [IN THE CHIPS] or [IN THE MONEY], [MADE OF MONEY], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

part

[part] See: [DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR], [FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED], [FOR MY PART], [FOR ONE'S PART] also [ON ONE'S PART], [FOR THE MOST PART], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[lay down] {v.} 1. To let (something) be taken; give up or surrender (something). * /The general told the troops to lay down their arms./ * /He was willing to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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