1 general:: Phrase(s): have something to burn Fig. to have lots of something, such as money, power, food, space, cars, etc.; to have more of something than one needs. • Look at the way Tom buys things. You’d think he had money to burn. • If I had all that acting talent to burn as he does, I’d have won an Oscar by now.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs