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where there's muck there's brass

where there's muck there's brass proverb: there is money to be made even in unpleasant, dirty jobs.

Proverb

where there's muck there's brass

  1. (Ireland, UK) There is money to be made even in unpleasant, dirty jobs.

Questions about where there's muck there's brass

What does where there's muck there's brass mean?
Where there's muck there's brass means there is money to be made even in unpleasant, dirty jobs.
What part of speech is where there's muck there's brass?
Where there's muck there's brass is a proverb.

Words near where there's muck there's brass in the dictionary

  1. where the sun don't shine
  2. where there is a will
  3. where there is a will there is a way
  4. where there is a will, there is a way
  5. where there's a will there's a way
  6. where there's muck there's brass
  7. where there's no sense there's no feeling
  8. where there's smoke, there's fire
  9. where you at
  10. where you stand depends on where you sit
  11. where'd

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