Idiom
bees and honey
SlangCockney rhyming slang
Meaning
money
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He works hard to earn some bees and honey.”
“After the promotion, he finally had enough bees and honey to buy a new car.”
“The seasoned businessman spent his entire career accumulating bees and honey, only to realize that wealth alone could not guarantee him peace of mind.”
Examples
simple
“He works hard to earn some bees and honey.”
contextual
“After the promotion, he finally had enough bees and honey to buy a new car.”
complex
“The seasoned businessman spent his entire career accumulating bees and honey, only to realize that wealth alone could not guarantee him peace of mind.”
Origin
As bees are the epitome of work, work produces money, the possession of which is sweet.
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