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burn a hole in one's pocket
money burns a hole in one's pocket
To make you want to buy something; be likely to be quickly spent.
Money burns a hole in Linda's pocket.
The silver dollar that Don got for his birthday was burning a hole in his pocket, and Don hurried to a dime store.
burn one's bridges
burn one's boats
To make a decision that you cannot change; remove or destroy all the ways you can get back out of a place you have got into on purpose; leave yourself no way to escape a position.
Bob was a good wrestler but a poor boxer. He burned his boats by letting Mickey choose how they would fight.
When Dorothy became a nun, she burned her bridges behind her.
burn the candle at both ends
To work or play too hard without enough rest; get too tired.
He worked hard every day as a lawyer and went to parties and dances every night; he was burning the candle at both ends.
burn to a crisp
To burn black; burn past saving or using especially as food.
While getting breakfast, Mother was called to the telephone, and when she got back, the bacon had been burned to a crisp.
burn up the road
To drive a car very fast.
In his eagerness to see his girl again, he burned up the road on his way to see her.
Speed demons burning up the road often cause accidents.
burnt child dreads the fire
once bitten, twice shy
A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. A proverb.
Once Mary had got lost when her mother took her downtown. But a burnt child dreads the fire, so now Mary stays close to her mother when they are downtown.
burst at the seams
To be too full or too crowded.
John ate so much he was bursting at the seams.
Mary's album was so full of pictures it was bursting at the seams.
burst into flames
To begin to burn suddenly.
The children threw away some burning matches and the barn burst into flames.