proverb · Words worth keeping
Ready money is ready medicine.
Ready money is ready medicine.
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The saying makes ready money a ready medicine. It presents available resources as a means of responding promptly to a problem.
Example
A reader distinguishes having resources available from knowing whether they can address the particular problem.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
The repeated ready links availability with response. The supplied cash gloss explains part of the phrase but not its remedy metaphor. A qualified interpretation can discuss access to resources without claiming money cures illness or resolves every difficulty.
When to use it
Use it to discuss readily available means with the remedy image qualified.
Keep in mind
No medical cure, universal solution or financial strategy is established.
An interpretation of the words, not a claim about their earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Date unknown