I want to say a person spends a lot of money.

[alpacinou]

I want to say a person spends a lot of money. Is this correct and natural?

John is always spending money excessively. Whenever he goes shopping, he buys things until his credit card starts smoking.

 

[Tdol]

He spends money like water.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

You don't need excessively. Try reading the lines without it and you'll see.

 

[tedmc]

spends like there is no tomorrow

 

[Tdol]

splash the cash

 

[tedmc]

go on a spending spree
splurge

 

[Glizdka]

John's gone again on a splurging spree like everything's free.
His balance is choking. His credit card's smoking

 

[tedmc]

John's gone again on a splurging spree like everything's free.
His balance is choking. His credit card's smoking

I think splurging spree is tautologous. It is usually one or the other.

 

[emsr2d2]

John's gone [STRIKE]again[/STRIKE] on a [STRIKE]splurging[/STRIKE] spending spree again. [STRIKE]like everything's free.[/STRIKE]
His balance is choking. :cross: This isn't natural English.
His credit card's smoking.

We don't say "splurging spree". We "go on a spending spree" or "we splurge on something". We usually use "splurge" when we're talking about spending a lot of money on a single item or a similar group of items.

He went into town on a spending spree. He came back with over twenty bags full of stuff!
I splurged on a new laptop last week.

 

[emsr2d2]

Glizdka, please don't edit posts once they have been quoted or responded to. Thanks.

 

[Tdol]

The KLF literally burn a million pounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZydV39hb8

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The KLF literally burn a million pounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZydV39hb8

They should have waited till Augusta 10 — National S'mores Day!

 

[Tdol]

Never had one and didn't know they had a special day- enjoy.