tax and spend Idiom, Proverb

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Belt and suspenders

(USA) Someone who wears belt and suspenders is very cautious and takes no risks.

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spend

spend
see pocket money.

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Spend a penny

(UK) This is a euphemistic idiom meaning to go to the toilet.

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spend holidays

do during your holidays, go for your holidays """How'd you spend your holidays?"" ""We drove to Texas and Tijuana."""

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Spend like a sailor

Someone who spends their money wildly spends like a sailor.

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spend the night|night|spend

v. phr. To sleep somewhere. It was so late after the party that we decided to spend the night at our friends' house.

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spend time

wait, hang out, put in time I spend a lot of time at her place. I'm there every day.

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spending money

extra money, money for fun, pin money Wayne earns spending money by washing the neighbors' cars.

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spending money|money|pocket|pocket money|spending

n. Money that is given to a person to spend. When the seniors went to New York City on a trip, each was given $10 in spending money. Father gave John a nickel in pocket money when he went to the store with Mother.

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tax-and-spend

Idiom(s): tax-and-spend

Theme: POLITICS

spending freely and taxing heavily. (Referring to a legislative body that repeatedly passes expensive new laws and keeps raising taxes to pay for the cost. Fixed order.)
• I hope that people do not elect another tax-and-spend Congress this time.
• The only thing worse than a tax-and-spend legislature is one that spends and runs up a worsening deficit.