well-heeled, to be
well-heeled
Wealthy. The foundation relies on big donations from well-heeled citizens.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
well-heeled
and well-fixed; well-offFig. wealthy; with sufficient money. My uncle can afford a new car. He's well-heeled. Everyone in his family is well-off.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
well-heeled
verbSee well-fixed
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
well-heeled, to be
To be prosperous. This late nineteenth-century Americanism presumably refers to a well-off person who is not down at the heels but is well shod. “To travel long out West, a man must be, in the local phrase, ‘well heeled,’” wrote W. Beadle (The Undeveloped West, 1873).
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- well-healed
- well-heeled
- pillow-biter
- (something) blows
- well-heeled for (a particular type of person)
- on one's
- on someone's
- (as) gay as a three-dollar bill
- (Have you) been OK?
- a copy