| 单词 | fat cat |
| 释义 | fat catSEE SYNONYMS FOR fat cat ON THESAURUS.COM noun Slang.a wealthy person from whom large political campaign contributions are expected. any wealthy person, especially one who has become rich quickly through questionable dealings. an important, influential, or famous person. a person who has become lazy or self-satisfied as the result of privilege or advantage. Origin of fat catAn Americanism dating back to 1925–30 Words nearby fat catFata Morgana, fatback, fatberg, fatbody, fat camp, fat cat, fat cell, fat chance, Fat City, fat depot, fate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fat cat
British Dictionary definitions for fat catfat cat nounslang
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with fat catfat cat A wealthy and privileged person, as in This neighborhood, with its million-dollar estates, is full of fat cats. This term originally meant “a rich contributor to a political campaign,” and while this usage persists, it now is often applied more broadly, as in the example. [Colloquial; 1920s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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