throw money around

throw money around
throw (your) money around to often spend money on things that are not necessary.

I'm not surprised she hasn't got any savings. I've never seen anyone throw money around like Polly.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • throw money around — spend money freely and ostentatiously * * * throw money around : to spend money in a foolish or careless way He really throws (his) money around. • • • Main Entry: ↑money …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw your money around — throw (your) money around to often spend money on things that are not necessary. I m not surprised she hasn t got any savings. I ve never seen anyone throw money around like Polly …   New idioms dictionary

  • throw your money around — INFORMAL DISAPPROVING ► to spend a lot of money, especially in a way that shows people you are not worried about money: »Despite the biggest recession in over a decade, city professionals still seem to have plenty of money to throw around. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • throw your money around — informal phrase to spend a lot of money on things that you do not need Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym Main entry: money * * * throw your ˈmoney about/around idiom ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw your money around — informal to spend a lot of money on things that you do not need …   English dictionary

  • throw one's money around — spend one s money extravagantly or carelessly …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw away — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, blow, blunder away, boot out, bounce, brush aside, cashier, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cast out, chuck, chuck out, consume, contemn, contradict, declaim, decline, deep six, defenestrate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • throw — [θrəʊ ǁ θroʊ] verb threw PASTTENSE [θruː] thrown PASTPART [θrəʊn ǁ θroʊn] [transitive] 1. throw money at to try to solve a problem by spending a lot of money, without really thinking about the problem: • There is no point throwing money at the… …   Financial and business terms

  • throw — throw1 W1S1 [θrəu US θrou] v past tense threw [θru:] past participle thrown [θrəun US θroun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(throw a ball/stone etc)¦ 2¦(put something carelessly)¦ 3¦(push roughly/violently)¦ 4¦(make somebody fall)¦ 5¦(move hands/head etc)¦ 6¦(confuse …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • throw — 1 verb past threw past participle thrown 1 THROW A BALL/STONE ETC (I, T) to make an object such as a ball move quickly through the air by moving your hand quickly: throw sth at/to/towards etc: Someone threw a stone at the car. | Cromartie throws… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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