Идиома: Gravy Train
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«Gravy train» - это работа, которая оплачивается хорошими деньгами, чем обычно она этого предполагает. Данное выражение вошло в повседневный обиход в 20-х годах, когда в США на железнодороге можно было заработать неплохие деньги.
«That secretary's on the gravy train. She's being paid way more than she's worth because she's having an affair with the boss!" Figuratively, you ride the gravy train as far as it will take you.» «Jack's job at the Athletic Club as Social Director is a regular gravytrain.» «For many years his job was a real gravy train but now the company has become very strict and will not pay overtime.» « The job was a regular gravy train and I made a lot of money when I was there.»
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Wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it.
Богатство принадлежит не тому, кто владеет им, а тому, кто получает от него удовольствия.