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(idiomatic) An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk.

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gravy train

Noun

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(idiomatic) An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk.

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労力が少なく、低リスクで莫大な収入や利益を得られる職業や状況

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After landing the municipal contract, the consultants rode the gravy train for years.

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市の契約を獲得して以来、そのコンサルタントたちは何年も楽して高収入を得られる仕事に就いていた。

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(idiomatic) An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk.

Johnston claims that Reuben Nelson and another tall negro were in New Haven the night of the escape and that they broke into the lockup. Johnson further states that the next day Nelson laughingly told him that the New Haven lockup was ‘a gravy train’.

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gravy trains

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