Burn a hole in your pocket

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🗓️ 26 April 2016

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

When you are in the habit of spending all your money as soon as it comes in, you can use this phrase to express yourself

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak from the BBC.
0:11.0	Hello everyone, I'm Lee. Welcome to the English we speak. With me today is Rob.
0:17.0	Hello everyone.
0:18.0	Rob you look worried. What's on your mind?
0:21.0	Well I'm just concerned about a good friend.
0:24.6	He's been asking me for advice about saving money.
0:28.2	Well, that's very kind of you.
0:30.1	But does he have a problem?
0:32.0	Well, he's one of those people that just can't save money.
0:36.0	Every time he gets paid, he goes out and spends it all.
0:39.5	Ah, I've heard of people like that.
0:42.2	I'd say that money burns a hole in his pocket.
0:45.2	Yes that's exactly right. Money does burn a hole in his pocket.
0:49.2	Whenever he has money he has to spend it. That's the phrase for the English we speak today. Let's hear
0:56.2	some examples of how people use it. Why have you never got any money?
1:00.9	Well I've got a bad habit of spending my money as soon as I get it.
1:06.2	Money burns a hole in my pocket. I find saving money so difficult. I like to buy the latest gadgets. The trouble with you is
1:16.7	that money burns a hole in your pocket. I also have a friend who is tempted to spend every penny.
1:25.0	Well the phrase can also be used in a slightly different way.
1:29.0	What way?
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