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"If only the bank would take joy as collateral."

"They may not... but I will. I own 10% of the show. Knowing who I was working for, I had the good sense to take my cut weekly."

"Phillip, I can't let you gamble it on me."

The Greatest Showman

I guess in this context this sentence means he saved his money for the future, but I'm not sure if I'm right cause I couldn't find any expression like this in the dictionary.

Is it an idiomatic expression?

Or does "take" here mean "save" as a verb, and "cut"="money"?

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  • Yes, "cut" here means "my share of the profit". Like when you prepare to eat a pie in a company: each one gets his cut (slice) of the pie. Here the person gets his "cut of the money earned by the show" each week.
    – CowperKettle
    Commented Apr 29, 2018 at 14:14
  • See cut: "18. singular noun Someone's cut of the profits or winnings from something, especially ones that have been obtained dishonestly, is their share."
    – user3169
    Commented Apr 30, 2018 at 1:10

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He was a 10% owner of the show and was taking 10% of the profits. Because he couldn't trust his partner, he insisted on receiving profits every week, fearing to wait longer in case the money ran out.

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