Akademik

Есть чем звякнуть, так можно и крякнуть
When you have money, you feel confident to give your opinion, and everything you say is accepted as being clever or witty Cf.:
A full purse makes a mouth speak (Am.). Не that has money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders (Br.). Money makes the man (Am., Br.). A rich man's joke is always funny (Am., Br.). Success makes a fool seem wise (Am., Br.). Wealth makes worship (Am., Br.)

Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок. . 2013.