| 单词 | money for jam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoney for jam (also for old rope, etc.) (n) colloquial (perhaps originally Military). money for jam (also for old rope, etc.): a profitable return for little or no trouble; a very easy job; a person or thing easy to profit from, beat, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > money acquired easily easy money1896 money for jam (also for old rope, etc.)1919 pennies from heaven1936 earner1970 1919 Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 The great use of jam in the Army..originated a number of phrases, such as ‘money for jam’ (money for nothing). 1927 T. E. Lawrence Let. 22 Sept. (1938) 540 Recently I made nearly ten pounds out of reviewing eleven books. Money for jam, as the airman says. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xiii. 134 He would spin her a fanny about the marriage laws, tie the poor kid up. It ought to be money for old rope. 1984 D. Lessing Diaries of Dane Somers i. 182 ‘And you are of course going to be properly paid for it?’ ‘Adequately. Money for jam.’ 1999 New Yorker 31 May 89/1 You would think that being paid fifteen pounds an hour to read Joseph Conrad's ‘Victory’ to a blind Italian boy is, well, money for old rope. < as lemmas |
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