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money to burn
Idioms and Phrases
More than enough money for what is required or expected, as in After they paid off the creditors, they still had money to burn . This hyperbolic expression implies one has so much that one can afford to burn it. [Late 1800s] This sense of the verb burn is occasionally used in other phrases, such as time to burn (“more than enough time”), but not very often.Example Sentences
It’s obvious the Dodgers owners have money to burn.
Millie is working hard to save up to buy her own house after college, no matter how small and in need of repairs; her white classmates have money to burn and often do, while their parents effortlessly replenish their accounts.
You will see a fleet of private boats cruising by, some of them trophy craft operated by people with money to burn, but also small boats with friends and family having a great day on the water.
In 2002, Judge Zagel published “Money to Burn,” a novel about a federal judge who concocts a daring robbery of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
The logical customer base for the current available methods to dramatically extend human lifespan—which, to be clear, do not work—is people with tons of money to burn.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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