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champagne taste on a beer budget en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Expensive desires or preferences which one lacks the finances to fulfill satisfactorily.
    • We would all like to live in a palatial estate with a dozen bedrooms and as many bathrooms. Having champagne taste on a beer budget is nothing new. However, be realistic. 2002, Robert Irwin, How to Buy a Home When You Can't Afford It, →ISBN, page 22:
    • The fact is the school system has spent itself into debt, at least partly by exhibiting a champagne taste on a beer budget. 1994 September 12, “Editorial: School board has used up taxes, excuses”, in Kentucky New Era, USA, retrieved 26 Jul 2011, page 4A:
    • The traveller who expects to satisfy a champagne taste on a beer budget in this food-conscious city may be in for a disappointment. 1970 May 2, “SP Travel: Parisians enjoy eating-out but it becomes costly”, in Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Canada, retrieved 26 Jul 2011, page 8:

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Relateds

live beyond one's means

Synonyms

champagne taste on a beer billfold · champagne taste on a beer salary · champagne taste on a beer pocketbook · champagne taste on a beer wallet