He Has Money to Burn

When we say that someone has money to burn, we mean that they have more money than they need and so spend it freely and often unnecessarily.

• He bought that expensive car because he has money to burn.

‘Be made of money’ is another idiom we use to mean that someone has a lot of money, but normally, we use it in the negative as a denial to a request for one to lend money to or purchase something for someone.

• My son’s birthday list is four pages long; he must think we’re made of money!