B1idiommoneyIELTS-friendly
get your money's worth
USUK
to get good value from something you paid for
'Your' changes to our, his and so on, and the apostrophe stays: 'money's worth'. Compare 'worth every penny', which describes the thing you bought.
In context
We stayed at the water park until closing time to get our money's worth.
The buffet was expensive, but my brother definitely got his money's worth.
More idioms about money
- a cash cowa product or business that steadily makes a lot of money
- a false economya way of saving money that ends up costing more later
- a gold minea business or thing that makes a lot of money, or a rich source of something
- a golden handshakea large sum of money paid to someone when they leave a job
- a money pitsomething, often a house or car, that costs you much more money than it is worth