beyond (one's) means
beyond (one's) means
Exceeding one's available finances. If you keep living beyond your means, you'll deplete your bank account before you know it. Unfortunately, I can't go on the trip anymore—it's just beyond my means these days.
See also: beyond, mean
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
beyond one's means
more than one can afford. I'm sorry, but this house is beyond our means. Please show us a cheaper one. They feel that a Caribbean cruise is beyond their means.
See also: beyond, mean
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
beyond one's means
Too costly for one, more than one can afford. For example, A second vacation this year is well beyond our means. The noun means here signifies "resources at one's disposal," a usage current since Shakespeare's time, as in Measure for Measure (2:2): "Let her have needful, but not lavish means." [Late 1800s]
See also: beyond, mean
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- beyond means
- beyond one's means
- beyond the call of duty
- make a hole in
- make a hole in (something)
- (one's) day in court
- live within (one's) means
- live within means
- within (one's) means
- deplete