Tag: spend money like water
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Splurge
Word of the Day: Splurge Economies are slowing down around the world, except for those of Taiwan and China. Restaurants and brick-and-mortar shops are declaring bankruptcy and dropping like flies. Vacations have been cancelled, and jobs have been lost, but you know what? We are on the verge of a splurge. Yep, I do think…
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Splash money around
WotD: Splash money around We can think of money as similar to water. When it is scarce, we value every drop. However, when we have plenty, we feel it is OK to splash it around. When you splash money around, you spend a lot of money buying things that you don’t need and could do…
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Line your pockets
Idiom: Line your pockets We can be assured no two things go hand in hand as firmly as corruption and lining your pockets. When people line their pockets, they are dishonestly making money by doing something illegal or allowing something illegal to happen. This may create images of brown paper bags stuffed with cash being…
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Bang for your buck
Idiom: Bang for your buck Not many regular people earning an average wage can afford to spend money like water anymore. We’re all looking to get the best bang for the buck. Simply put, this means we want to get the best value for our money. Now, you may be wondering why is a dollar, a US dollar,…
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Pinch your pennies
Phrase: Pinch your pennies If you pinch your pennies, you try to spend as little money as possible. This does not necessarily have to mean that you are cheap. If we put a positive twist on it, pinching your pennies can suggest that you carefully consider each purchase before you spend your money. These days, I…
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Up the ying-yang
Phrase: Up the Ying-yang If you have a lot of something or an excess of something, then you have it up the ying-yang. My quest to discover the origin of this phrase was unsuccessful. I know it may appear to be Chinese and similar to the concept of yin and yang or dualism in Chinese…
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Spendthrift
Word of the Day: Spendthrift The person who bought the things in the picture accompanying this post today could be a spendthrift. A spendthrift spends a lot of money in a very wasteful way. I suppose, though, that whether a person is a spendthrift or not is open to interpretation. What I mean is that…
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Spend money like water
Idiom: Spend money like water Let’s see, sunglasses are $750.00, a designer backpack is $630.65, upscale headphones are $452.97, and a vintage camera with exceptionally high-quality, long-exposure film is $3300.98. Someone has been spending money like water. If you were surprised at these prices, you should be. Someone has spent money like water to acquire…
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Something/someone is back
English Expression: (something/someone) is back Many people thought Nintendo was no longer a significant game maker because it refused to adapt its games to cell phones. Well, Think again! Pokémon Go has shown the world that Nintendo is back! Nintendo stock has dramatically skyrocketed, downloads of the Pokémon Go app are increasing exponentially, and people…
