gravy train

noun Slang.
a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort: The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.

Origin:
1925–30

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gravy train
 
n
slang a job requiring comparatively little work for good pay, benefits, etc

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Cultural Dictionary

gravy train definition


A job or project that requires little effort but yields considerable profits: “His father worked hard to build the company, but all Percy has to do is sit back and ride the gravy train.”

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Slang Dictionary

gravy train definition


  1. n.
    a job that brings in a steady supply of easy money or gravy. : This kind of job is a real gravy train.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
There is a gravy train involved, and they don't want anybody stirring in their
  gravy.
They know the non-renewable gravy train has an expiration date and they are
  making sure they are well positioned for the change.
Lets keep the gravy train coming and predict some more doomsday scenarios.
Too many politicians treat entrepreneurship as yet another gravy train.
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