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Rachel Chau
2021-08-03 01:08
Spend money like a drunken sailor phrase similie
To spend money wastefully
She usually spends money like a drunken sailor right after getting paid.
They have been spending money like drunken sailors on luxury watches.
Time is running out.
save as much money as possible
Used to say that someone attempts to get money from you.
Feeling worried about finance.
The verb "spend" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The idea of the expression may come from the fact that sailors, while on shore leave, used to spend all of their money on whores and alcoholic beverages.
Do you see anything wrong?
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
I and my boyfriend have decided to get married in the summer. I don't think that's wise, since we won't have enough money saved by then to set up house. But then, one cannot love and be wise.
