be burning a hole in your pocket
be burning a hole in (one's) pocket
To be something that one is very eager to spend or use. Most commonly used of money. That money is just burning a hole in my pocket—there's no way I'll be able to save it all.
See also: burning, hole, pocket
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be burning a hole in your pocket
If money is burning a hole in your pocket, you are very eager to spend it. What do you do when you've got 280m burning a hole in your pocket? Buy an island, naturally. Although he now has millions burning a hole in his pocket, he cannot spend a penny until January.
See also: burning, hole, pocket
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- be burning a hole in (one's) pocket
- burn a hole in (one's) pocket
- be made of money
- funny money
- color of someone's money, see the
- budget
- budget (something) for (something)
- budget for
- be rolling in money
- come into money