N. redundancy,
redundance, too much, too many,
superabundance,
superfluity, superfluence|,
saturation,
nimiety,
transcendency,
exuberance,
profuseness,
profusion,
repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share, more than enough,
plethora,
engorgement,
congestion, load,
surfeit, sickener,
turgescence,
overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow,
inundation,
avalanche, accumulation,
heap,
drug, drug in the market,
glut, crowd, burden, excess,
surplus,
overplus,
epact, margin, remainder,
duplicate,
surplusage,
expletive, work of supererogation,
bonus,
bonanza,
luxury,
intemperance,
extravagance,
exorbitance,
lavishment,
pleonasm, too many irons in the fire, embarras de richesses
V. superabound, overabound, know no bounds,
swarm, meet one at every turn, creep with, crawl with, bristle with, overflow, run over, flow over, well over, brim over, run riot, overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge,
overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload,
overdo,
overwhelm, overshoot the mark,
surcharge,
supersaturate,
gorge,
glut, load,
drench,
whelm,
inundate,
deluge, flood,
drug, drug the market,
hepatize,
choke,
cloy,
accloy,
suffocate, pile up, lay on thick, impregnate with,
lavish, send coals to newcastle, carry coals to newcastle, carry owls to athens, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, pisces natare docere, kill the slain, "gild refined gold", "gild the lily", butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon, employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
exaggerate, wallow in roll in remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging
Adj. redundant, too much, too many,
exuberant,
inordinate,
superabundant, excessive, overmuch,
replete,
profuse,
lavish,
prodigal,
exorbitant,
overweening,
extravagant, overcharged,
supersaturated,
drenched, overflowing, running over, running to waste, running down, crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing,
gorged, ready to burst,
dropsical,
turgid,
plethoric,
obese,
superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous|, uncalled for, to spare, in excess, over and above, de trop,
adscititious,
supernumerary, on one's hands,
spare,
duplicate,
supererogatory,
expletive, un peu fort
Adv. over, too, over and above, overmuch, too much, too far, without measure, beyond measure, out of measure, with, to spare, over head and ears, up to one's eyes, up to one's ears, extra, beyond the mark, acervatim
Phr. it never rains but it pours, fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis, 2. degree of subservience
N. prodigality, prodigence|,
unthriftiness, waste,
profusion,
profuseness,
extravagance,
squandering,
malversation,
prodigal,
spendthrift, waste thrift,
losel,
squanderer,
locust, high roller*
V. be prodigal,
squander,
lavish, sow broadcast, pour forth like water, blow, blow in*, pay through the nose,
spill, waste,
dissipate,
exhaust,
drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable, run out, run through,
misspend, throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet, burn the candle at both ends, make ducks and drakes of one's money, fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money, pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, manger son ble en herbe
Adj. prodigal,
profuse,
thriftless,
unthrifty,
improvident, wasteful,
losel,
extravagant,
lavish,
dissipated, overliberal, full-handed, penny wise and pound foolish
Adv. with an unsparing hand, money burning a hole in one's pocket
Phr. amor nummi, facile largiri de alieno, wie gewonnen so zerronnen, les fous font les festins et les sages les mangent, "spendthrift alike of money and of wit", "squandering wealth was his peculiar art"