to rob the spittle, to make gain or profit in a particularly mean or dastardly manner.
| 单词 | θ221002 |
| 释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit > profiteer (4) to rob the spittle1632 to rob the spittle, to make gain or profit in a particularly mean or dastardly manner. to rob the spital1749 = spittle, n.1 1. Also in to rob the spital. to laugh (also to cry and variants) all the way to the bank1908 to laugh (also to cryand variants) all the way to the bank: to relish (also ironically to deplore) the fact that one is making money, esp… profiteer1917 transitive. To obtain (money) by profiteering; to exploit financially. |
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