Gravy Train

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🗓️ Idiom: Gravy Train

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💬 Meaning

• A job or situation that provides a lot of money with very little effort or responsibility.
• It often implies unfair or easy profit, especially in a corporate or political context.

🧠 Example Sentences

• Some consultants are clearly riding the gravy train with those inflated fees.
• He left the gravy train of his government position to start his own business.
• Critics argued that the board members were enjoying the gravy train at shareholders’ expense.

🏛️ Origin

The phrase originated in early 20th-century America. “Gravy” was slang for something easy or profitable, while “train” suggests an ongoing ride or stream of benefit. Together, “gravy train” came to describe effortless or excessive financial gain.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

The media accused the executives of riding the __________ train with their bonuses.

Answer

gravy

2. Choose the correct meaning of “gravy train”:

A) A profitable and easy job
B) A high-speed transportation system
C) A training course with free meals

Answer

A) A profitable and easy job

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“They were making easy money without doing much work.” → Change the sentence using: gravy train

Answer

They were riding the gravy train.

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