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

lighten (one's) wallet

1. To spend a large amount of money. (When speaking of one's own actions.) My sister loves to shop. She's always out looking for new ways to lighten her wallet.
2. To take money from someone; to cause someone to spend a significant amount of money. (When speaking of someone or something acting on another person.) Sure, it's a nice hotel, but it will lighten your wallet faster than you can say "overpriced." I'm always wary of souvenir merchants in foreign cities, whose sole objective is to lighten travelers' wallets.
See also: lighten, wallet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wallet

n. a college student’s parents and financial source. My wallet won’t send me another penny this semester.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • champagne
  • champagne taste and a beer pocketbook
  • champagne taste and a beer wallet
  • champagne taste on a beer budget
  • 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
At banks, theaters, museums, hotels and public offices in 355 different cities, research assistants handed in a wallet, telling the person at the counter that they had found it on the street, but were in a hurry.
Proof the world's not so bad
Customers not using ADNOC Wallet will also be able to enjoy the same free service for July and can sign-up to take advantage of the offer in August too, the company announced today.
Free assisted fuelling up between 11am-5pm in July and August at Adnoc
Unlike with your regular wallet, if you lose your private keys or they are stolen, there is no one to call to get new private keys.
WHAT ARE BLOCKCHAIN WALLETS? Troy Norcross, Co-Founder Blockchain Rookies
If you want this to be a purchase which lasts, a wallet made from quality leather is your best bet.
ALL THE CARDS; Time for a new wallet? Philippa Gerrard checks out some quality options
Pulling out a wallet, rather than just crumpled banknotes, bestowed status on you.That wallet, of course, was supposed to be just like your father's.
Are you still sitting on your wallet? A time for assessment
Powering up Crypto Wallet Service for Communities with Infinito Points
Industry Leader Infinito Wallet to Issue Infinito Points with Community-chosen Benefits
One's instinct is to open the wallet either to identify the owner for honest intention of returning it, or check if there is cash and other valuable items that could be kept.
Honest cop returns wallet containing peso, dollar bills
This time they have engineered both the slimmest- and the first voice-activated smart wallet. Owners can now ring their wallet, find it on a map or even make use of the widespread community to help locate their missing belongings.
Ekster Launches the First Voice-activated Smart Wallet
Simply download the BoC Wallet App to your mobile phone and follow the on-screen instructions to register the number or numbers of your Bank of Cyprus Visa card(s).
BOC Wallet App -- From today we pay without our wallet
The strategic partnership between MTN and Ericsson will ultimately introduce Ericsson Wallet Platform across the operator's footprint.
MTN and Ericsson extend mobile money partnership in Africa and the Middle East
One man in Pennsylvania did not expect he would get his wallet back, four years after he lost it.
Man gets back wallet he lost on rollercoaster ride 4 years ago
ISLAMABAD -- An official of the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) was arrested for stealing a wallet and sent to Adiala jail on judicial remand.
ITP official arrested for theft
There are also merchant apps, such as those from Starbucks and Walmart, that have mobile wallet capabilities but can be used only at specific stores.
With mobile pay, you can go without a wallet at checkout
There are also merchant apps, such as those from Starbucks and Wal-\\mart, that have mobile wallet capabilities but can be used only at specific stores.
With mobile pay, you can go without a wallet at checkout
Cobo offers two flagship products for customers: Cobo Wallet, a multi-asset cryptocurrency software wallet that lets users securely grow their cryptocurrency holdings through Proof of Stake (PoS) mining rewards, and Cobo Vault, the world's first all-around secure, military-grade cryptocurrency hardware wallet.
Cobo launches Cobo Vault with USD 13m raised in Series A financing round