GRAVY TRAIN


Meaning of GRAVY TRAIN in English

(~s)

If an organization or person earns a lot of money without doing much work, you can say that they are on the ~. (JOURNALISM)

We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the ~, but ask us to take a wage freeze?

N-COUNT: oft on the N disapproval

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