money to burn
Lavish spending power
Money to burn means more money than one needs—enough to spend frivolously without consequence.
Someone with money to burn can afford luxuries, risks, or outright waste: If you've got money to burn, sure, buy the sports car.
The phrase implies excess beyond practical requirements, though it's often used with a touch of envy or irony.
- richHaving much of something
- filthy richExtremely, offensively wealthy
- rolling in itVery rich indeed
- cashReady spending funds
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
loaded · abundance · wealth · disposable income · opulence · affluence · multibillions · profligacy · windfall · lavishness · wastefulness · more dollars than sense · easy come easy go · conspicuous consumption · spending spree · prosperity · squandering · recklessness
- fire idiomsplay with fire, fight fire with fire, fan the flames, add fuel to fire, on fire
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
- wealthriches, wealth, fortune, affluence, prosperity
money to burnbroke
Lacking any funds
penniless · destitute · flat broke · poverty-stricken · dead broke
money to burnliving paycheck to paycheck
Earning only enough for immediate expenses
in debt · underwater · bankrupt · insolvent
money to burnpenny-pinching
Extreme reluctance to spend
tight-fisted · frugal · miserly · stingy · thrifty
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