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.

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]

词组	beyond one's means
释义	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 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. See also: beyond (one's) means beyond 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 References in periodicals archive * beyond one's means: more than you can really afford. Big spenders! Many teens want the latest, the coolest, and the fastest. But learning about "dollars and sense" is also important It encourages recklessness, living beyond one's means, gambling. IN PRAISE OF Consumerism Laced with comic-strip gags of exploding cars, rockets and fireworks, episodes touch on a mass of current Italian obsessions, including playing the lottery and signing IOUs to live far beyond one's means, male strip shows and crashing VIP parties. FANTOZZI 2000: THE CLONING Even if a magnanimous gift was a reckless expenditure beyond one's means, it must be given with grace, for acts of prestations reflected and reinforced the Elizabethan social hierarchy. Your humble handmaid: Elizabethan gifts of needlework Thirtysomething made a virtue of sitting around complaining and living beyond one's means. And studies showed that the recently departed Johnny Carson contributed to insomnia, diminished sexual function and a profound Weltschmerz that will ultimately propel H. Father knew best The issue of one owning assets beyond one's means is not confined only to the ruling elite in Pakistan. A three-front war And we may never know exactly what he did with all that money; all his plea agreement says is that he was "living beyond his means for at least 10 years." Living beyond one's means is common; living beyond one's means to the tune of a half-million dollars a year or more for a decade is not. Sins of commission and omission Maybe this agency head has a generous benefactor who permits a lifestyle beyond one's means. Biz Buzz: Lifestyle mystery
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