English Dictionary

gravy train

noun

(idiomatic) An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk.

She has been living on the gravy train for years.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk.

Johnston claims that Reuben Nelson and another tall negro were in New Haven the night of the escape and that they broke into the lockup. Johnson further states that the next day Nelson laughingly told him that the New Haven lockup was ‘a gravy train’.