expensive toy
Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words
often humorous, referring to adults' possessions
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Examples (10)
- He loved buying cars and expensive toys.
- For many CEOs, a private jet is just another expensive toy.
- She considered her new sports car an expensive toy rather than a necessity.
- The child's parents splurged on an expensive toy for his birthday.
- Investing in that high-tech drone felt like buying an expensive toy.
- They warned him that owning a yacht would be a very expensive toy to maintain.
- Despite its cost, the collector viewed the vintage model train as a cherished, expensive toy.
- My latest camera, a professional-grade DSLR, is truly an expensive toy.
- The company's new office building has become a sort of expensive toy for the executives.
- Some critics argue that the space program is just an expensive toy for scientists.