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单词 gravy train
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gravy trainnoun [ C usually singular ]

uk/ˈɡreɪ.vi ˌtreɪn/us/ˈɡreɪ.vi ˌtreɪn/informal

a way of making money quickly, easily, and often dishonestly

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Earning money

  • bank
  • base pay
  • be quids in idiom
  • black money
  • blast
  • bread
  • bread and butter
  • bring sth in
  • danger money
  • draw
  • earn
  • fundraiser
  • honorarium
  • income
  • money for old rope idiom
  • payday
  • payroll
  • pickings
  • strike pay
  • venal

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gravy trainnoun [ C, usually singular ]

ukusinformal

an easy way of making money without doing much work:

be on/ride the gravy train The public should know which senators are on the corporate gravy train.
Conferences are seen as a gravy train by many organisers who charge exorbitant rates for poor services.
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