好,我们先来讲第一个:riding the gravy train。Riding the train就是乘火车,那么,gravy在这里又是什么意思呢?Gravy这个词的原意是肉汁,也就是煮肉时锅里的肉汤。但是在这个习惯用语里,gravy就不是具体的肉汤了,而是指在劳动所得,或者是实际需要以外还有很多财富...
此外,“riding the gravy train”是一个较为特殊的俚语,通常用于形容某人轻松赚钱或享受某种好处,而不需要付出太多努力。这个表达可能源于早期火车旅行中,乘客可以坐在火车上轻松享受旅程,而不需要像骑马或步行那样辛苦。 'riding the train'在不同文化中的差异和共通性 在不同文化中,...
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Riding the Gravy Train to the Very Last Stop
ride the gravy train bir eli yağda, bir eli balda olmak take sb for a ride kazıklamak, aldatmak, kandırmak ride out sağ salim kurtulmak, dertsiz belasız atlatmak riding horse binek atı ride araba ile gitmek · arabaya binmek · araç · ata binmek · ...
With Swaps, Riding the Gravy Train Is Expensive Transit authorities generate revenue by providing services to the public in addition to receiving public funding from state and local governments. These agencies also borrow money by issuing bonds (in the municipal-bond market) to help p... AR Abde...
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He has spiralling debts, and his mother's gravy-train has just derailed. So he has a plan: he's going to find somebody rich, and take them hostage. With the help of an ex-con, a psycho gardener and the beautiful psychic Reverend Dawn, he chooses bookmaker Harry Arno as the lucky ...
Now that his mom's gravy train has derailed, gambling, debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz has decided to take somebody rich hostage—with the help of a Bahamian ex-con, a psycho gardener/enforcer, and the beautiful, if underfed, psychic Reverend Dawn. The trouble is they ...
The gravy or sout was always good if you tossed out the pine needles and rabbit pills first. Three fresh moose tracks crossing the trail would always stop old Jerry or Robert. They would stand there looking at the tracks. "They came from over there, early this morning. The wind was ...