It is seldom that the clerk has a sufficiency of that commodity known as "wool on the back". (OED) — У конторщика редко имеется в избытке товар, именуемый "деньги".
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
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