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Idiom: (Spend money) like a drunken sailor
Money! You can never have enough!
Most of us try to save as much as possible, while others spend money like a drunken sailor.
From the moment we learn the significance of money and want to stand on our own two feet, we enter into a ceaseless quest to attain it.
The English language has countless idioms, expressions and phrases related to money.
I have covered many of them right here on my blog.
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The problem is that money alone has no value.
You can’t eat it, drink it, or wear it.
I suppose you could burn it for heat, but many countries worldwide, including Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, have switched to plastic currency.
It’ll burn quickly, create toxic gasses and kill you.
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Not to mention what it’ll do to the environment.
If you are prudent or somewhat intelligent, you are trying to put some money away in a rainy day fund.
If you aren’t, well, you’re spending it like a drunken sailor.
That means you are reckless, frivolous and unrestrained.
You may also be 23 years old and two years into a 10-year backpacking stint.
If you think about it for a minute, it makes sense.
Sailors are at sea for long periods without much wine, women or song.
So when they finally do come to shore, it’s time to let their hair down and break loose.
Don’t get me wrong.
It’s great for short periods.
But if you spend money like a drunken sailor every day, you’ll soon run out of wine, the women will leave you, and the only song you’ll sing is the blues.
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