like water

like water
{adv. phr.} As something easily poured out or wasted; freely. - Usually used in the phrase "spend money like water". * /Sailors on shore leave often spend money like water./ * /During the World Wars, the United States spent money like water./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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