For love or money

Дата публикации: Aug 23, 2016 4:46:22 PM

"...He said he knew the sort of place I meant; where everybody went to bed at eight o’clock, and you couldn’t get a Referee for love or money, and had to walk ten miles to get your baccy. " from Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome

for love or money

Under any circumstances. Usually used in negative sentences:

I would not do that for love or money.

baccy noun BrE /ˈbæki/ ; NAmE /ˈbæki/ [uncountable](British English, informal) - tobacco

Three Men in a Boat (1975): 1975, the BBC produced a version for television adapted by Tom Stoppard and directed by Stephen Frears, with Tim Curry as J., Michael Palin as Harris, and Stephen Moore as George.