Στην ταινία Suffragette η εργάτρια ονειρεύεται κάποια στιγμή να κάνουν διακοπές στη θάλασσα, οπότε ο άντρας της την προσγειώνει με το ωραιότατο:
Don't go drinking champagne on beer money, Maud. (Μην παίρνουν τα μυαλά σου αέρα, Μοντ.)
Η παραδοσιακή έκφραση μιλά για champagne taste on a beer budget, οπότε ξεσηκώνω από το Wiktionary:
champagne taste on a beer budget
(idiomatic) Expensive wants or preferences which one lacks the finances to fulfill satisfactorily.
Ο ιδιωματισμός υπήρχε και πριν από τον Πρώτο Παγκόσμιο πόλεμο.
Don't go drinking champagne on beer money, Maud. (Μην παίρνουν τα μυαλά σου αέρα, Μοντ.)
Η παραδοσιακή έκφραση μιλά για champagne taste on a beer budget, οπότε ξεσηκώνω από το Wiktionary:
champagne taste on a beer budget
(idiomatic) Expensive wants or preferences which one lacks the finances to fulfill satisfactorily.
- 1970 May 2, "SP Travel: Parisians enjoy eating-out but it becomes costly," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (Canada), p. 8 (retrieved 26 July 2011):
The traveller who expects to satisfy a champagne taste on a beer budget in this food-conscious city may be in for a disappointment. - 1994 Sep. 12, "Editorial: School board has used up taxes, excuses," Kentucky New Era (USA), p. 4A (retrieved 26 July 2011):
The fact is the school system has spent itself into debt, at least partly by exhibiting a champagne taste on a beer budget. - 2002, Robert Irwin, How to Buy a Home When You Can't Afford It, ISBN 9780071385183, p. 22:
We would all like to live in a palatial estate with a dozen bedrooms and as many bathrooms. Having champagne taste on a beer budget is nothing new. However, be realistic.
Ο ιδιωματισμός υπήρχε και πριν από τον Πρώτο Παγκόσμιο πόλεμο.