Talk:rolling in dough
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I am sure that this should be moved, but less sure about the target.
I have created an entry at rolling in it meaning "having an abundance of money". That "it" is money is not always readily inferred from the context. "Rolling in money" is more common than the "dough" or "cash" forms, also found at COCA. It may be that rolling in it should be a redirect to roll in it because other forms besides the progressive are attestable.
Some references have "to roll in" as "have an abundance of", but it occurs much more often in the progressive (-ing) forms than in any other. To call any of these an adjective is wrong, even though it superficially appears to function as one.
The idiom is almost always about money, jewels, or jewelry, though other emblems of success can occur.
In any event, we need an entry for various idiomatic uses of roll in, of which this is one. DCDuring TALK 08:49, 26 July 2010 (UTC)