单词	gravy train
释义	gravy train noun : a much exploited source of easy money also : gravy sense 2a Synonyms bonus cumshaw dividend donative extra gratuity gravy lagniappe perk perquisite throw-in tip See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences They're trying to get on board the gravy train. the new tax law offers a real gravy train to certain categories of investors Recent Examples on the Web Most minor leaguers still toil for substandard wages under conditions that seem unfathomable given the gravy train that is pretty much everything else Major League Baseball touches. Mitchell Nathanson, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2022 Kevin’s gravy train will end soon which probably explains the timing of these hurtful statements... Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 7 Aug. 2022 Moore’s real threat is to partisan election lawfare and the gravy train that the Elias Law Group, 70 attorneys strong, is riding. David B. Rivkin Jr. And Jason Snead, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 New competition—particularly from Disney+, but also from Amazon and HBOMax—had finally started to cut into the endless gravy train. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 June 2022 Other potential casualties of such a ban would be things close to his heart: his populist campaign promises, and a financial gravy train for culture warriors in Europe and in the United States. New York Times, 19 May 2022 It’s the boosters and their attorneys on one end of the gravy train and sports agents on the other. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 11 May 2022 In the meantime, taxpayers, who financed those debts, were left holding the bag while many high-earning borrowers rode the gravy train. Beth Akers, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 Mitchell’s cooperation spelled the end to a gravy train for himself and Bickers, who was then his boss and a long-time friend. J. Scott Trubey, ajc, 23 Feb. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1914, in the meaning defined above gravy train noun as in bonus something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed the new tax law offers a real gravy train to certain categories of investors Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance bonus dividend gift contribution donation cumshaw tip gravy perk pension extra present presentation perquisite offering gratuity donative reward lagniappe subsidy fringe benefit grant bounty throw-in generosity prize award benefaction premium windfall benevolence bestowal boon beneficence philanthropy charity giveaway icing largesse freebie manna freebee largess favor
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