hand over fist | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Quickly or in greatquantity, especially in reference to earningmoney.Synonym:hand over handto make moneyhand over fist1880, Robert Louis Stevenson, “chapter 4”, inThe Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, volume I:Are you coming over again to see me some day soon? I keep returning, and nowhand over fist, from the realms of Hades: I saw that gentleman between the eyes, and fear him less after each visit.1888, Rolf Boldrewood, “chapter 39”, inRobbery Under Arms:Now, since cattle had risen and meat and all to such a price, he was making moneyhand over fist.1889,Mark Twain[pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens],A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, New York, N.Y.:Charles L. Webster & Company,→OCLC:He was a live man and a brisk talker, and had two journeymen and three apprentices, and was doing a raging business. In fact, he was getting rich,hand over fist, and was vastly respected.1913October, Jack London,The Valley of the Moon, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company,→OCLC:Why, those Dalmatians are showing Pajaro apples on the South African market right now, and coining money out of ithand over fist.1917,Upton Sinclair,The Profits of Religion[…]‎[1]:Now we are in the War and our business is booming, we are making moneyhand over fist.1922February,James Joyce, “[8]”, inUlysses, Paris:Shakespeare and Company,[…],→OCLC:Still it’s the same fish perhaps old Micky Hanlon of Moore street ripped the guts out of making moneyhand over fistfinger in fishes’ gills can’t write his name on a cheque think he was painting the landscape with his mouth twisted.2009June 3, Conor Clarke, “It's Time to Tax College Sports”, inThe Atlantic‎[2]:And while pulling in dollarshand over fistmight have some educational value, I doubt it's what Congress had in mind.

Examples:

EN: Well... this is what I will do hand over fist.
ES: Bien... y ésto es lo que haré a manos llenas.
EN: Corrosion, or non-corrosion. You make money hand over fist.
ES: Con corrosión o no, ganarán dinero a manos llenas.
EN: Frequently referred to in England as "hand over fist".
ES: Como dicen en Inglaterra "a manos llenas."
EN: Roy Stuart's mavericks are piling into town, hand over fist.
ES: Los matones de Roy Stuart están llegando rápidamente.
EN: Most of the fellas i graduated with, They-They have wonderful jobs now, Making money hand over fist.
ES: La mayoría de los compañeros con los que me gradué tienen trabajos estupendos y ganan montañas de dinero.
EN: A boom has certainly hit this town with a boom. The shoeshine man is making money hand over fist.
ES: Incluso el limpiabotas está ganando dinero a raudales el hombre no para de trabajar.
EN: He was making money hand over fist
ES: Yganaba dinero a espuertas.
EN: And in city's like Austin men are making money hand over fist.
ES: Y en ciudades como Austin el dinero se hace rápidamente.
EN: When you spurned me, I threw myself into work like a madman, and now I'm making money hand over fist.
ES: - Desde que me rechazaste... sólo pienso en los negocios y te aseguro que me van de maravilla.
EN: I'm losing money hand over fist.
ES: Estoy perdiendo dinero a montones.
EN: And as the water flowed, the new wheels roared. And the hammers pounded, the owners of these lonely mountain mining villages made money, hand over fist.
ES: Y mientras el agua fluía, las nuevas ruedas retumbaban y los martillos machacaban, los propietarios de estas solitarias villas mineras de montaña hacían dinero, a manos llenas.
EN: Starr's been stealing money hand over fist from nice people like Jessi CoIter.
ES: Starr ha robado dinero a manos llenas, y de gente buena como Jessi Colter.
EN: We're losing money hand over fist.
ES: Estamos perdiendo dinero.
EN: 24 hours a day, you got liquor, hostesses, gambling', makin' money hand over fist.
ES: Uno puede beber y jugar las 24 horas del día. Les llueve el dinero.
EN: The German guy died, left him the place... and the guy is making money hand over fist.
ES: El alemán murió y le dejó el restaurante. Y el tipo esta ganando dinero a espuertas.

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