money to burn

1. 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

Syd is a Chicago South Sider raised in households like T.J.’s, with a working parent lacking time to cook or money to burn.

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Most items are between $20 and $25, but if you’ve got money to burn, there’s an A5 Wagyu katsu and caviar sando for $250.

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It’s also emblematic of a time when magazines had money to burn and muscle to flex.

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"There was people offering money to burn police cars out, rallying calls of we need to arm ourselves and if the police try to stop us, we're going to go over the top of them," PC Teeley said.

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It’s obvious the Dodgers owners have money to burn.

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