coin'coin it (in); coin 'money (informal)1.■(normally used in progressive tenses 一般用于进行时) earn a lot of money 暴富；赚大钱；发大财:They must be really coining it at that cafe on the corner. You can hardly get a seat at any time of day.街角的咖啡店一定赚了大钱，一天到晚几乎都没有空位子。to coin a 'phrase2.■used for introducing an expression that you have invented or to apologize for using a well-known idiom or phrase instead of an original one 创造﹙或杜撰﹚一个词语；套用一句老话；用老话来说:Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.噢，常言道，没有消息就是好消息。3.■the other side of the coin 另见side4.■toss a coin 另见toss5.■two sides of the same coin 另见two