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Definition

Being very rich.

Context : Popular Culture, Social Life
Category: Metaphor
Semantic: money, rich, wealth

Usage of “deep pockets”

  1. Of course he can afford a yacht, he has deep pockets.

Examples of idiom “deep pockets” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'twitmode'
    twitmode:

    Right out of the blue last night, this thought occurred tome: "Businesses with deep pockets also must also have long arms"

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'gregsfxr3'
    gregsfxr3:

    OK,done at auction, to many people with deep pockets here. Might as well buy new

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'robshepherd'
    robshepherd:

    @dnatkinson Yes, that's true, but an owner who actually understood the market and who had deep pockets could have turned it around

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'Valantis3000'
    Valantis3000:

    ASTORIA PARK staged reading today at 1:30 @the Nuyorican!!! People with deep pockets are welcome :-))

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'LeilaTheGoodRat'
    LeilaTheGoodRat:

    @SailorVesta We need investors to fund this enterprise. Know anyone with deep pockets?

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'audioconnell'
    audioconnell:

    @DavidHoustonVO both the clown and the king have deeper pockets than I do