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单词 have/get your snout in the trough
释义
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have/get your snout in the trough

UK informal

to have or get a share of a supply of money or some other advantage that people eagerly and sometimes dishonestly take:

The council had been handing out grants indiscriminately, and people were hurrying to get their snouts in the trough.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Amounts of money

  • ante
  • balance
  • bank
  • blood money
  • bounty
  • buck
  • budget
  • capital
  • circumstance
  • daily bread
  • float
  • living wage
  • money supply
  • nut
  • payout
  • pool
  • slush fund
  • sub
  • the wherewithal
  • trough

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