champagne taste on a beer budget

Meaning: (idiomatic)Expensivedesiresorpreferenceswhich onelacksthefinancestofulfillsatisfactorily.1970May 2, “SP Travel: Parisians enjoy eating-out but it becomes costly”, inSaskatoon Star-Phoenix, Canada, retrieved26 July 2011, page 8:The traveller who expects to satisfy achampagne taste on a beer budgetin this food-conscious city may be in for a disappointment.1994September 12, “Editorial: School board has used up taxes, excuses”, inKentucky New Era, USA, retrieved26 July 2011, page 4A:The fact is the school system has spent itself into debt, at least partly by exhibiting achampagne taste on a beer budget.2002, Robert Irwin,How to Buy a Home When You Can't Afford It‎[1],→ISBN, page22:We would all like to live in a palatial estate with a dozen bedrooms and as many bathrooms. Havingchampagne taste on a beer budgetis nothing new. However, be realistic.

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EN: You have champagne taste on a beer budget.
ES: Te diste aires de rico.

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