gravy train

noun

: a much exploited source of easy money

also : gravy sense 2a

Examples of gravy train in a Sentence

They're trying to get on board the gravy train. the new tax law offers a real gravy train to certain categories of investors

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But the pandemic halted this gravy train: ESPN has cited sources saying that the league lost more than $1 billion in the 2019–20 season, which depressed the salary cap in the following years. —

Jordan Sargent, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025 The city of Miami is one of the worst examples of how the gravy train works. —

Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025 Neither of his successors have made catastrophic moves, but the gravy train of incoming stars has ended. —

Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 The gravy train didn’t last long, though—Thune ran for South Dakota’s other Senate seat in 2004 and managed to unseat Daschle, the sitting leader of the Democratic caucus and the same man who beat his former boss, Abdnor, 18 years before. —

Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gravy train