札片さつびらを切きる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

spend money freely; blow money

Idiomatic expression for spending money without restraint, often with a nuance of extravagance or wastefulness. The phrase literally means 'to cut bills into pieces', evoking the image of treating money like paper scraps.

• 彼かれは給きゅう料りょうをもらうとすぐに札さつ片びらを切きってしまう。

  As soon as he gets his salary, he blows it all.

• そんなに札さつ片びらを切きっていたら、すぐに金かねがなくなるよ。

  If you keep spending money like that, you'll run out soon.