purse
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- (as) empty as a pauper's purse
- a heavy purse makes a light heart
- a light purse makes a heavy heart
- be (as) empty as a pauper's purse
- can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- common purse
- control the purse strings
- he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend
- hold the purse strings
- let the moths out of (one's) purse
- light purse makes a heavy heart
- lighten (one's) purse
- little and often fills the purse
- loosen the purse strings
- make a silk purse (out) of a pig's ear
- make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
- power of the purse
- purse strings
- purse up
- tighten the purse strings
- turn a sow's ear into a silk purse
- You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make a silk purse (out) of a pig's ear
- you can't make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear