- love gold [wealth] as one's life -- covetous; be greedy for money; be actuated by love of riches; be a money- grubber; love money as much as life itself; love money as one loves one's life; love wealth as much as life; regard wealth as one's life; very stingy; miserly; niggardly:
Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.
守财奴爱财如命,宁可饿肚皮,没衣穿。