idiom · informal

money to burn

UK/ˈmʌni tə bɜːn/US/ˈmʌni tə bɝːn/MONEY·to·BURN

speaking

to have more money than one needs; able to spend freely

Examples

“He must have money to burn if he can afford that car.”

“I don't have money to burn, so I refuse to buy unnecessary gadgets.”

“Some celebrities seem to have money to burn and spend extravagantly.”

Band 8 sentence

“While some teenagers seem to have money to burn, many of their peers struggle to cover basic expenses.”

Collocations

  • have money to burn
  • not have money to burn

Word family

have money to burn idiom/verb phrase

Common mistakes

I have money to burned.→I have money to burn.

He is money to burn.→He has money to burn.

Say it for a higher band

5have a lot of money→6be rich→7+have money to burn

Synonyms

flush with cash

Easily confused

burn a hole in one's pocket

“He got his bonus and immediately spent it — the money burned a hole in his pocket.”

Related words

make ends meetcost an arm and a legtighten one's beltpenny-wise and pound-foolishstrapped for cashliving paycheck to paychecka fool and his money are soon partedsave up for a rainy day

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