flash the cash
Show off money
To flash the cash is to display money conspicuously, usually to impress others or signal wealth.
The phrase suggests ostentatious spending or the deliberate showing of bills and bank rolls: He was flashing the cash at the club all night.
It often carries connotations of showing off or attempting to gain social advantage through visible affluence.
- flauntDisplay to provoke envy
- boastSpeak with excessive pride
- making it rainThrowing money extravagantly
- show offBoast through display
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
throw money around · money to burn · luxury · bankroll · impress · conspicuous consumption · riches · spendthrift · prosperity · opulence · extravagance · living large · envy · lavish · showboat · consumerism · affluence · new money
flash the cashkeep a low profile
Remain unnoticed deliberately
fly under the radar · stealth wealth · quiet luxury · keep it quiet · understated elegance
flash the cashpinch pennies
Spend as little as possible
scrimp and save · tighten the purse strings · economize · nickel-and-dime
flash the cashhide one's light under a bushel
Deliberately obscure one's abilities
flash, cash, flashes, flashed, flashing, flashy, flasher, flashiest, flashier