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What is the meaning of "a big spender" idiom?

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Idiom Conjugations:

 
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Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being a big spender can earn you false friends.
 
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Idiom Usage:

This idiom is often used sarcastically to refer to a cheapskate.
Be careful with the plural forms.
 
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Idiom Scenario 2:


Victor and Bruce are out on a double date.  They have decided to take their dates to a local fast food restaurant.  After a frugal meal at the restaurant, the boys take their dates to a local park.
Victor and Bruce are the last of the big time spenders!
This is a sarcastic example of the use of this idiom because Victor and Bruce actually spent very little money.
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Idiom Scenario 3:


 
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Idiom Scenario 1:


Michelle is a woman of means.  When she takes her friends out for a night on the town, she pays for everything.  Michelle takes her friends to expensive restaurants, to the theatre and ballet and to the most exclusive nightclubs.  Michelle always pays for everything.
Michelle is a big spender.
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Idiom Definition:


"to be a big spender"
to spend money in great quantities, in a very showy way, on entertainment or leisure pursuits
 
Synonyms: compulsive shopper, deep pockets, dissipator, high roller, money, profligate, spendthrift, squanderer, waster
The large man is literally a big spender. - - - - ->  a giant of a man is standing at a cashiers counter.  The giant is handing some money to the cashier who is half his size.  the cashier is handing the giant man a bag.




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