make a killing

Etymology
Originally US English.

Verb

 * 1)  To win or earn a large amount of money.

Usage notes

 * The term was used in the literal sense by American bison hunters to describe the act of shooting a large number of buffalo in a short period of time:
 * 1907, John R. Cook, The Border and the Buffalo, Citadel Press (1967), page 118 (describing events occurring in the 1870s):
 * Buck said if I would stay with him he would make a killing as long as it would pay to stay; said he would give me 30 cents apiece for all the buffaloes I would skin and peg out.

Translations

 * Finnish: tienata hyvät rahat, lyödä rahoiksi
 * French:
 * German: (großen) Reibach machen,
 * Italian:, fare una fortuna, fare cassa
 * Polish: zbijać kasę
 * Romanian: a da lovitura
 * Russian: грести́ де́ньги лопатой
 * Spanish:, hacerse la América,