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25. A run for your money

    Origin … 1856 ('owners to have a run for their money, just for the luck'), via Green's Dictionary of Slang. The first recorded figurative use is Hotten's Slang Dictionary of 1874: 'To have a run for one's money is…

    Also known as a real run for my money · get a run for your money · give someone a run for their money · have a run for your money

26. Like a cat with nine lives

    Origin From 16th-century England, tied to cats; nine lives in lore, slang by 1580s in a play for luck. A 1660s text uses it for a save.

    Also known as Nine lives