gravy train

noun

1. 轻松赚大钱的机会；美差
   a situation where people seem to be making a lot of money without much effort

1. N-COUNT 轻松赚大钱的机会；美差；肥缺
   If an organization or person earns a lot of money without doing much work, you can say that they are on the gravy train .
   1. We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?
      看到老板为自己大幅加薪，我们感到十分气愤。他们凭什么轻轻松松捞油水却要求我们不涨工资？

1. We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?
   看到老板为自己大幅加薪，我们感到十分气愤。他们凭什么轻轻松松捞油水却要求我们不涨工资？
2. Step Four: To make sure the gravy train doesn't stop, get institutional shareholders to believe your equity pay benefits them.
   第四步：为继续占有这个肥差，要让机构股东相信，以股权形式支付CEO薪酬对他们有利。
3. A job offer in the civil service is not a ticket for a gravy train.
   一纸公务员的录用书可不是一张踏入致富之门的门票。
4. Get on a gravy train Once upon a time, there was a farmer. One day, while he was working in the fields, he saw a hare run into a tree stump accidentally and die of a broken neck.
   从前，有一个农夫。一天，在他耕田的时候，忽然跑过来一只野兔，恰好碰在一个树桩上，脖子折断死了。
5. After about three months, though, the gravy train stops and the young foxes must find their own meals.
   这种守株待兔的生活只会持续约三个月，此后，小狐狸必须自己觅食。
6. Ian earns a fortune for three hours work a day. Hes really on the gravy train!
   伊恩一天工作三小时就赚了一大笔钱，真是一份高薪的闲差事！
7. He's been on the gravy train these years.
   这些年来他一直很走运。
8. Their gravy train ended when the government stopped funding the research project.
   当政府停止资助他们的研究计划时，他们的肥缺就丢了。
9. If I had a million dollars, I sure could ride the gravy train.
   我要是有一百万，就可以过上奢侈的生活啦。
10. You Invest in Things You Don't Understand: Your hear that Bob has made a lot of money doing it, and you want to get in on the gravy train.
    投资你不熟悉的领域：你听说鲍勃挣了大钱，你也想投资到这种对你来说是取巧的行为中。
11. The gravy train of buy low and sell high is over, says the head of Asia for one major private equity firm. Perhaps the market opportunity is growing, but the money is growing faster.
    低买高卖轻松发财的时机已经结束了，一家主要私人股权投资公司的亚洲主管说，市场机会或许正在增多，但是进入市场的资金增速也在加快。
12. Banking and financial services produce very high earnings, and a lot of people are trying to get onto the gravy train.
    银行和金融服务行业收入很高，很多人都想得到这种美差。
13. George realized the gravy train was over when he got fired.
    乔治到被解雇时才明白，这下他的财源断了。
14. They were sitting on the gravy train too, enjoying the views from the observation car.
    因为股东们也在这趟发财列车上，从游览车厢里观赏景色。
15. Many government official in America be on the gravy train.
    美国政府很多官员工作清闲却薪水很高。
16. He'll never leave his job. it's a real gravy train.
    他是绝对不会辞职的，那可是个肥缺。
17. His father believes that the only reason for going to university is to be able to get on the gravy train.
    他父亲认为上大学的惟一理由是可以找到容易赚大钱的工作。
18. John seems to be on the gravy train these days.
    约翰最近看起来很走运。
19. Well, it looks like the wheels are coming off the gravy train in Bell, California, more now on the jaw-dropper of a government abuse story that we first exposed and it just keeps on giving.
    加利福尼亚贝尔的居民非常愤怒，继最近披露了政府工作人员薪资丑闻之后，现在暴露了更多信息。
20. It is worth investing all one's money in property, if only to get on the gravy train.
    只要能赚大钱，把所有的钱都投资于房地产也是值得的。
21. Bob has been on the gravy train ever since landing a job with the government.
    鲍勃自从在政府部门找到工作以来，一直干着轻松的活儿。

noun

1. income obtained with a minimum of effort

   Synonym:    easy money