burn a hole in someone's pocket

Meaning: (idiomatic,of something valuable)To cause someone tospendmoney or betemptedto spend money.1972,Noel Bertram Gerson,The Prodigal Genius: The Life and Times of Honoré de Balzac,page327:The fortuneburned a hole in his pocket, and he could not resist spending several thousand francs on jewelry for Eveline;[…]2004,Alan Cooper,The Inmates Are Running the Asylum,page60:In frustration, I go to the local Circuit City, my Visa cardburning a hole in my pocket. "Here's a grand! Two grand," I shout, "for the salesperson who can bring me a VCR that I can use to record TV shows.2004, Dale Bumpers,The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir,page183:When I later thought about the fifteen hundred dollars in hundred-dollar billsburning a hole in my pocket, and about how I was prepared to go immediately to the Democratic Party offices and plunk it down to campaign with a manager[…]

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