big bucks | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Lots ofmoney.The new managing director must be makingbig bucksafter his promotion.1992October,Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, inSport, volume83, number10,→ISSN,page64:Ohio always was home, where his family and friends were, and such is the man’s allegiance to Ohio State that he once donated the equivalent of a full scholarship back to the school—and this was before he was making thebig, big bucks.1999, Dale Brown,The Tin Man, page96:But he was unable to get a gun permit and make thebig bucksof an armed security guard, so he made minimum wage as a seasonal-hire watchman2006,Ann Coulter,Godless:After all the carping about how little teachers are paid, if someone enters the teaching profession for thebig bucksaren't they too stupid to be teaching our kids?

Examples:

EN: Cassette. It means big bucks.
ES: -Cassette rima con dinero.
EN: Yes, I know I don't do it too well, but I warn you that I've traveled half Andalusia... there's where we could earn the big bucks.
ES: Sí, ya sé que no lo hago demasiado bien, pero te advierto que ha recorrido medio Andalucía, allí sí que podríamos ganar billetes.
EN: Let's talk big bucks.
ES: Hablemos del dinero grande.
EN: Instead of 'big bucks', let's get back to monetary rate, and instead of 'back-of-the-shop', remember we're in the PM's HQ. - Can't do anyone any harm. - As you wish.
ES: En vez de "dinero grande" volvamos a las tasa de interés y en lugar de hablar del "fondo del negocio", recuerde que estamos en la oficina del Primer Ministro.
EN: I never made myself the big bucks!
ES: ¡Nunca hice gran fortuna!
EN: You wanted so much to earn big bucks.
ES: Deseabas tanto ganar mucho dinero.
EN: So I thought to myself that this had gone on long enough. Time to gamble the big bucks.
ES: Hasta que me di cuenta de que eso iba a ser duradero, ...y que había llegado la hora de arriesgarlo todo.
EN: A big deal, big bucks.
ES: Un negocio gordo, mucha plata.
EN: Smart Boy could've been into some of the big bucks... if he had scribbled his chits right.
ES: El Joven Listo podría haber ganado mucho dinero... si hubiera hecho bien las cosas.
EN: We are gonna hit every book in this town with big bucks, understand?
ES: Apostaremos a lo grande en todas partes, ¿entiendes?
EN: If you want to earn big bucks,
ES: Si quieres ganar mucho dinero,
EN: - No. The big bucks are in psychiatry.
ES: Se gana más dinero con la psiquiatría.
EN: You've got the experience, and I'm this very on-top-of-it person. This could be big bucks for us.
ES: Con tus mañas y mi cabeza nos enriquecemos.
EN: We have a big chance, a big chance to make a run for some big bucks.
ES: Tenemos una gran oportunidad para ganar unas pelillas.
EN: And we need big bucks.
ES: Y necesitamos mucha guita.

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