wage Idiom, Proverb
freeze wages
keep wages the same, not increase wages, dig in their heels To control spending, the board is going to freeze our wages - no salary increases for one year.
lay a wager
lay a wager see under
lay odds.
wages of sin, the
wages of sin, the The results or consequences of evildoing, as in
She ate all of the strawberries and ended up with a terrible stomachache—the wages of sin, no doubt. This expression comes from the New Testament, where Paul writes to the Romans (6:23): “The wages of sin is death.” Today it is often used more lightly, as in the example.