champagne taste on a beer budget

champagne taste on a beer budget

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 on a beer budget!
See also: beer, budget, champagne, on, taste
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • champagne
  • champagne taste and a beer pocketbook
  • champagne taste and a beer wallet
  • 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
References in periodicals archive
"Champagne taste on a beer budget." Sound familiar?
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