Word.ws English Dictionary

money doesn't grow on trees

money doesn't grow on trees proverb: wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase.

Proverb

money doesn't grow on trees

  1. Wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase.
    • Perhaps it was a Scotsman who, in response to an idea for lavish expenditure, first said "Money doesn't grow on trees".1943, William Budington Duryee, Farming for security, page 187
    • Today's money worries certainly should make it easier for parents to teach their children that money doesn't grow on trees.1975, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 39

money doesn't grow on trees meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Thai and Vietnamese

money doesn't grow on trees in Tamil

wealth cannot be obtained without some effort
பணம் மரங்களில் வளராது paṇam maraṅkaḷil vaḷarātu, பணம் மரத்தில் காய்க்காது paṇam marattil kāykkātu

money doesn't grow on trees in Kannada

wealth cannot be obtained without some effort
ಕೈ ಕೆಸರಾದರೆ ಬಾಯ್ ಮೊಸರು kai kesarādare bāy mosaru

money doesn't grow on trees in Thai

wealth cannot be obtained without some effort
เงินไม่ได้เติบโตบนต้นไม้

money doesn't grow on trees in Vietnamese

wealth cannot be obtained without some effort
tiền không mọc trên cây

Synonyms of money doesn't grow on trees

Questions about money doesn't grow on trees

What does money doesn't grow on trees mean?
Money doesn't grow on trees means wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase.
What is money doesn't grow on trees in Tamil?
Money doesn't grow on trees in Tamil is பணம் மரங்களில் வளராது (paṇam maraṅkaḷil vaḷarātu), பணம் மரத்தில் காய்க்காது (paṇam marattil kāykkātu). See Money doesn't grow on trees meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is money doesn't grow on trees?
Money doesn't grow on trees is a proverb.

Words near money doesn't grow on trees in the dictionary

  1. money dances
  2. money disorder
  3. money disorders
  4. money does not smell
  5. money does not stink
  6. money doesn't grow on trees
  7. money dysmorphia
  8. money dysmorphic
  9. money dysphoria
  10. money dysphoric
  11. money economies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: money doesn't grow on trees (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-money doesn't grow on trees.wav.

Cite this entry: “money doesn't grow on trees.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/money_doesn%27t_grow_on_trees. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.