on the money | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)In thecorrectposition;on target; preciselyaccurate;accurately.Synonyms:exactly,on the dot,on the mark;see alsoThesaurus:exactly1979, Woody Allen,Manhattan, spoken by Isaac Davis (Woody Allen):Did you have the wrong kind? I've never had the wrong kind. Ever. My worst one was righton the money.1987July, Maj. Michael B. Perini, “In Good Hands with Gold 11”, inAir Force Magazine‎[1], volume70, number 7, retrieved10 May 2014:Two of the A-4s landedon the money. The third was not so lucky.2008October 10, Richard Friebe, “How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money: Al Gore”, inTime‎[2], archived fromthe originalon6 March 2014:For years, Gore had been dismissed, even ridiculed, for his traveling Power Point extravaganza warning about climate change.[…]Today, few would disagree that Al was pretty muchon the money.2011August 19,The Secret Footballer, “For new boys there's nothing like the big time”, inThe Guardian (UK)‎[3], retrieved retrieved 10 May 2014:I always felt that Bob Dylan wason the moneywhen he sang: "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose."2013February 1, Robert Peele, “The Mouse That Roars”, inNew York Times‎[4], retrieved10 May 2014:Its mileage claims were righton the money: I averaged a little over 33 m.p.g. over a weekend of combined city-highway driving in the 2012 SL.

Examples:

EN: I wouldn't have to be out here on the money for a mission.
ES: "Si tan sólo tuviera dinero para una misión... no tendría que estar aquí en la calle".
EN: Blood on the money.
ES: Sangre en el dinero.
EN: Who asks you what's on the money when you spend it?
ES: ¿Quién te va a preguntar de dónde viene el dinero cuando lo gastes?
EN: Won't be long before they'll be passing a law taxing us on the money we earn.
ES: Dentro de poco aprobarán un impuesto a las ganancias.
EN: Did you think how many families could have been fed... on the money you pay out to get on the front pages?
ES: ¿Sabe usted cuántas familias podían haber comido con el dinero que paga para estar en la primera plana?
EN: This is what's on the money order. - 1000 lire!
ES: - No sé cantar.
EN: He was old enough, but you slipped up on the money.
ES: Era viejo, pero te equivocas en lo del dinero.
EN: I'd have been brushed off just as soon as you got your hands on the money.
ES: Te habrías olvidado de mí en cuanto tuvieras el dinero.
EN: So I don't see how my proposition can fail to return big profits on the money invested.
ES: Es casi imposible que mi propuesta no logre obtener grandes beneficios sobre el dinero invertido.
EN: But he's been twice on the money and today he's running a $300o claiming race.
ES: Pero ganó dos veces. ¡Y la carrera de hoy, de 3.00o$, tiene que ganarla!
EN: They got their hands on the money. Then they started shooting.
ES: Cuando tuvieron el dinero en las manos, empezaron a disparar.
EN: All the while, I was counting on the money I was gonna make out of this.
ES: Todo el tiempo, estaba contando con el dinero que iba a obtener de esto.
EN: He's on the money, this Hagerstrom, and he has my total sympathy.
ES: Este Hägersten tiene razón y tiene mi total simpatía.
EN: The only names I remember is the ones .. on the money.
ES: Los únicos nombres que recuerdo son... - los que dejan dinero.
EN: Is it right for the life of that child to depend on the money needed to buy that medicine?
ES: Es posible que la vida de ese niño dependa de la suma de dinero necesario para adquirir la medicina.

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