Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for gravy train

gravy train

noun

, Slang.
  1. a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort:

    The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.



gravy train

noun

  1. slang.
    a job requiring comparatively little work for good pay, benefits, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


gravy train

  1. A job or project that requires little effort but yields considerable profits: “His father worked hard to build the company, but all Percy has to do is sit back and ride the gravy train.”


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of gravy train1

First recorded in 1925–30
Discover More

Example Sentences

The long-ago indiscretion was forgotten as he condemned free-spending liberals and pledged to “stop the gravy train.”

Now the gravy train is supposed to come screeching to a halt.

Even Karl Lagerfeld has jumped onboard the biscuits and gravy train with his latest shoot of Miss Dirty Martini.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


gravy boatgravy train, ride the