have to burn



have something to burn

Fig. to have lots of something, such as money, power, food, space, cars, etc.; to have more of something than one needs. Look at the way Tom buys things. You'd think he had money to burn. If I had all that acting talent to burn as he does, I'd have won an Oscar by now.
See also: burn, have

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ceri (2)KE-riWelsh
FraÑSeza-Breton
Paulinus-Ancient Roman
Diodorus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Amihan-Filipino, Hiligaynon
Marcelomahr-THE-lo (Spanish), mahr-SE-lo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese