English Dictionary

coffee and cakes

名詞

俗語 不可算名詞

(theater, slang) A meagre salary.

日本語の意味

ごくわずかな給料（劇場用語のスラングとして） / 非常に低い賃金 / 微々たる収入

After years of touring, the ensemble still works for nothing more than coffee and cakes.

何年もツアーを重ねても、アンサンブルは未だに安月給でしか働いていない。

意味（1）

(theater, slang) A meagre salary.

Most of our actors are working on the cooperative basis. Do you know what that means? It means you get part of it if it comes in, and in a lot of cases that means coffee and cakes.