break the bank
Spend too much
Break the bank means to exhaust one's financial resources or cost more than one can afford: We wanted to renovate the kitchen without breaking the bank.
The phrase comes from gambling—winning enough to deplete the house's funds—but now typically appears in the negative, suggesting something is reasonably priced: A nice dinner out doesn't have to break the bank.
Costing much money
- costlyHigh in price
- priceyCosting a lot
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
unaffordable · overpriced · luxury · indulgence · big-ticket · high-end · premium · exorbitant
expensive
Costing much money
extravagant · unaffordable · overpriced · luxury · indulgence · big-ticket · high-end · premium · exorbitant · steep
casino
Facility for wagering
wager · betting · dealer · croupier · winnings · chips · baccarat · bust · payout · Macau
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, barking up the wrong tree
- spendingspending, shopping, purchases, expenses, bills
- money idiomsarm and a leg, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad, deep pockets
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, high roller
- escalationescalation, escalate, ratchet up, worsen, intensify
break the banksave money
Reduce expenditure, accumulate funds
make a fortune · hit the jackpot · strike it rich · turn a profit · pay for itself
break the bankdirt cheap
Extremely low-priced
cheap as chips · affordable · budget-friendly · pocket change · inexpensive
break, bank, breaking, breach, unbroken, breaks, bankrupt, unbreakable, breaker