champagne taste and a beer wallet

champagne taste and a beer wallet

Expensive or extravagant tastes or preferences that are beyond one's economic means. I only earn minimum wage, but I can't stop buying designer clothes and eating at the best restaurants—I guess I've got champagne taste and a beer wallet!
See also: and, beer, champagne, taste, wallet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • champagne
  • champagne taste and a beer pocketbook
  • champagne taste on a beer budget
  • wallet
  • suit (one) to a T
  • suit (one) to a tee
  • suit to a T
  • know what (one) likes
  • know what you like
  • be a matter of opinion