今日短語

可以想象如果我們的衣服口袋里有一件東西發燙像要燒起來似的，那我們的第一反應肯定是要馬上把它掏出來扔掉。表達“money burns a hole in someone’s pocket 錢在某人的口袋里燒了一個洞”的意思是錢在某個人的口袋里留不住，此人一有錢就想花，存不了錢。它也可被用來形容一個人有了錢就想去花掉，不花掉心里不舒服。這個表達常出現在描述過度浪費或奢侈表現的語境中。

例句

I’m afraid money burns a hole in my pocket. As soon as I get paid I’m off down to the shops.

If money is burning a hole in your pocket, you could think about spending it on something useful, like some new clothes, maybe, rather than more computer games.

I’ve got a new credit card and it’s burning a hole in pocket. Let’s shop!

請注意

Pocket 是口袋、腰包的意思，它也可以被做為動詞使用，意思是某人把什么東西放進自己的口袋或腰包里，多數情況下用來形容不誠實的表現。

例句

Did you see that? He overcharged them for their meal and pocketed the difference.

If a shopkeeper gave you too much change, would you pocket it or hand it back?