money to burn


money to burn

A lot of money that one can spend freely or gratuitously. That upscale boutique caters to bored housewives who have money to burn—who else would spend $400 on a candle? We won a few thousands dollars from the lottery, but I doubt there will be much money to burn after we finish paying back our loans and debts.See also: burn, money

money to burn

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. See also: burn, money