spend money like water

spend money like water
(spend money like water (тж. throw one's money about или амер. around))
сорить деньгами, транжирить деньги

Henry's only consolation was the thought that, without question, Nye and his colleagues were spending money like water. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Northern Light’, part I, ch. 7) — Генри утешала только мысль, что Най и его коллеги тратят бешеные деньги.

I'd spend money like water on all sorts of silly rubbish and never turn a hair, but I hate spending money on paper. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. V) — я способен, не поморщившись, тратить деньги без счета на всякую чепуху, а вот на бумагу мне денег жалко.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • spend money like water — informal phrase to spend too much money in a careless way Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym Main entry: money …   Useful english dictionary

  • spend money like water — of someone spends money like water, they spend too much. Carol spends money like water no wonder she s always broke …   New idioms dictionary

  • spend money like water — informal to spend too much money in a careless way …   English dictionary

  • spend money like water — waste money, squander money …   English contemporary dictionary

  • like water — {adv. phr.} As something easily poured out or wasted; freely. Usually used in the phrase spend money like water . * /Sailors on shore leave often spend money like water./ * /During the World Wars, the United States spent money like water./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like water — {adv. phr.} As something easily poured out or wasted; freely. Usually used in the phrase spend money like water . * /Sailors on shore leave often spend money like water./ * /During the World Wars, the United States spent money like water./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like\ water — adv. phr. As something easily poured out or wasted; freely. Usually used in the phrase spend money like water . Sailors on shore leave often spend money like water. During the World Wars, the United States spent money like water …   Словарь американских идиом

  • money */*/*/ — UK [ˈmʌnɪ] / US noun [uncountable] Metaphor: Money is like food, which gets eaten or is shared out. The same idea is used to talk about other types of resource. They didn t get a fair share/slice of the cake/pie. ♦ The rent takes a large bite out …   English dictionary

  • water — wa|ter1 W1S3 [ˈwo:tə US ˈwo:tər, ˈwa: ] n [U] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid)¦ 2¦(area of water)¦ 3 waters 4 high/low water 5 uncharted/troubled/murky waters 6 be (all) water under the bridge 7 like water 8 like water off a duck s back 9 somebody s waters b …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • spend — v 1. pay out, disburse, expend, outlay, Inf. lay out, Sl. fork out, Sl. shell out, Sl. dish out, ante up; misspend, squander, dissipate, throw away, waste, throw good money after bad, pour down the drain, burn up, go or run through; lavish,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • water — /ˈwɔtə / (say wawtuh) noun 1. the liquid which in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc., and which in a pure state is a transparent, odourless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing …  


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