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1 ride the gravy train
expr infml esp AmE1)2)I've been riding the gravy train all my life, it's about time I paid my dues — Я всю жизнь катался как сыр в масле. Пора мне платить по векселям
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2 ride the gravy train
амер.; жарг.загребать барыши, наживаться; получать незаконные доходы; брать взятки; ≈ нагреть руки на чём-л.Of course, Mort and I started riding the gravy train from then on. They paid us five thousand bucks to put the deal across. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The D. A. Draws a Circle’, ch. XV) — Конечно, с того времени денежки к нам с Мортом так и потекли. Ведь страховая компания платила нам пять тысяч долларов за каждого покойника.
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