like a drunken sailor

like a drunken sailor In an unrestrained, feckless, and frivolous manner. Usually used in reference to spending money. He always starts spending money like a drunken sailor right after he gets paid, then struggles to cover his rent and bills toward the end of the month.
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Like a drunken sailor - Idioms by The Free …

like a drunken sailor
like a drunken sailor
In an unrestrained, feckless, and frivolous manner. Usually used in reference to spending money.
He always starts spending money like a drunken sailor right after he gets paid, then struggles to cover his rent and bills toward the end of the month.
See also: drunken, like, sailor
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like a drunken sailor
With no restraint. A merchant seaman on shore leave with months' worth of pay in his pocket tended to make up for lost time in the drinking and “play-for-pay romance” departments. Fiscal restraint was out of the question. So did miners and cowboys when they too had a chance to go to town, but the image of a sailor prevailed. The sea shanty “What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?” suggests the same idea of a jocular attitude toward an inebriated mariner.
See also: drunken, like, sailor
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a cash flow problem
cash flow problem
burn a hole in (one's) pocket
funny money
be (right) on the money
be pushed for money
be pressed for money
be pressed/pushed for money, space, time, etc.
color of someone's money, see the
cost a bundle