Cold, Hard Cash

Also:

Hard cash
Cold cash

Meaning of Idiom ‘Cold, Hard Cash’

Cold, hard cash means actual money in the form of bills and coins as opposed to checks, credit, or any other form of payment; money that is readily available for payment.

Compare to cash on the barrelhead.

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Usage

The full idiom is rarely used verbally. Hard cash is the most common form, although cold cash is sometimes heard.

Examples 0f Use

“I deal only in cold, hard cash. You want to do business with me, don’t bring a checkbook!”

“I don’t have any hard cash on me. Do you take credit cards?”

Origin

Used since the first half of the 1900’s.

More Idioms Starting with C

• Cotton To Someone or Something
• Cotton On To Something
• Give Someone the Cold Shoulder
• Cheap and Cheerful Meaning
• Call Names

More Cash Idioms

• Strapped for Cash
• Cash On the Barrelhead
• Cash Cow

More Cold Idioms

• Give Someone the Cold Shoulder
• Cold Fish
• Go Cold Turkey
• Make One’s Blood Run Cold

More Hard Idioms

• No Hard Feelings
• Tough Nut to Crack, a
• Hard-Headed
• Hard Copy

More Money Related Idioms

• What’s the Damage?
• Moolah
• Flat Broke
• Last of the Big Spenders
• Ten-Dollar Word
• Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels
• In Hock

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