transitive to piss (money, an opportunity, etc.) against the wall and variants: to squander or waste (money, etc.), esp. on drink. Cf. to piss away…
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释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend extravagantly [verb (transitive)] (24) to piss (money, an opportunity, etc.) against the wall1540 transitive to piss (money, an opportunity, etc.) against the wall and variants: to squander or waste (money, etc.), esp. on drink. Cf. to piss away… lavish1542 transitive. To bestow, deal out, distribute, or spend profusely and recklessly; also with away, out… with material object. Also, to shed (blood) in… melt1607 transitive. slang. To spend or squander (money), esp. on drink. Also with †away. Now rare. to piss away1628 transitive. To squander or waste (money, etc.). Cf. to piss (money, an opportunity, etc.) against the wall at phrases 1. unbowel1647 reflexive (a) To exhaust oneself; to expend one's strength or means; (b) to unbosom oneself. tap1712 intransitive. figurative. To ‘turn on the tap’ of gifts; to open the purse or pocket; to spend or ‘bleed’ freely. slang. Obsolete. sport1785 colloquial. transitive. To spend (money) freely, esp. in an extravagant or ostentatious manner. Obsolete. waster1821 transitive. To spend or use extravagantly, to waste. blue1846 transitive. To squander (money); = blow, v.1 9c. spree1859 (intransitive) to have or take part in a spree; also with it and transitive, to spend (money) recklessly. to frivol away1866 intransitive. To behave frivolously, to trifle. Also, to frivol away (money, time): to spend foolishly. blow1874 To lay out or get through (money) in a lavish manner; to squander; = blue, v.2 1 slang. Also reflexive. (U.S. dialect): see quot. 1896. bust1878 transitive. Australian and New Zealand. To squander or waste (money), esp. on alcohol. Also with up. Cf. burst, v. 8e. skittle1883 transitive. With down: To spend or lose (money) prodigally; to squander. to blow in1886 to blow in: to spend, squander. Also absol. slang (chiefly U.S.). burst1892 To spend (money) extravagantly; esp. to spend it ‘on the burst’ or ‘on the spree’. slang. bang1897 The verb stem is used adverbially with other verbs, esp. come, go, in the senses of. humorous (with allusion to ‘bang goes saxpence’ as in sense… Subcategories:— on revel or party (2) — surpass (budget, income, etc.) in spending (5) |
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