"champagne taste on a beer budget" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-champagne taste on a beer budget.ogg [Australia] Forms: champagne tastes on a beer budget [plural], champagne tastes on beer budgets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|champagne tastes on a beer budget|champagne tastes on beer budgets}} champagne taste on a beer budget (plural champagne tastes on a beer budget or champagne tastes on beer budgets)
  1. (idiomatic) Expensive desires or preferences in which one lacks the finances to fulfill satisfactorily. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: champagne taste on a beer billfold, champagne taste on a beer pocketbook, champagne taste on a beer salary, champagne taste on a beer wallet Related terms: live beyond one's means
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