IdiomDaily Life
Danish
DanishAt score kassen
Meaning: To make a big, easy profit.
Literally: To score the cash box
Example: “Han scorede kassen på at sælge paraplyer under festivalen.” — He made a killing selling umbrellas during the festival.
English equivalent: To make a killing
Origin: Score is a modern loan from English, and kassen the cash box or till. Scoring the till is pocketing a big, easy profit. The phrase is late 20th-century slang, and no first use is documented.
Equivalents in other languages
French: Faire ses choux gras Literally: To make one's cabbages fat
Finnish: Lyödä rahoiksi Literally: To strike it into money
English: make a killing
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