Idiom
mad money
Meaning
A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I keep some mad money in my drawer for small treats.”
“She always sets aside a little mad money from her paycheck to spend on whatever she likes during the weekend.”
“Although they lived on a strict budget, he insisted on keeping a small amount of mad money tucked away for those rare, spontaneous moments of indulgence.”
Examples
simple
“I keep some mad money in my drawer for small treats.”
contextual
“She always sets aside a little mad money from her paycheck to spend on whatever she likes during the weekend.”
complex
“Although they lived on a strict budget, he insisted on keeping a small amount of mad money tucked away for those rare, spontaneous moments of indulgence.”
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