Time is Money
What it means
Hours spent are hours you could have sold, so wasting them leaves you genuinely poorer.
Where it comes from
Benjamin Franklin put it in writing in 1748, advising a young tradesman that time is money and that idle afternoons cost more than they appear to.
The puzzle it came from
Time is Money was the answer to the Phrasicle of May 2, 2025. The clue read ____ is ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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cereal
bowl
cut
back
pain
black
olive
oil
spill
proof
go
bad
blood
money
maker
power
nap
time
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Phrasicle: Time is Money