英语词汇gravy train的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	gravy train
词源	gravy train. In the 1920s, railroad men invented the expres- sion to ride the gravy train to describe a run on which there was good pay and little work. The words were quickly adopted into general speech, meaning to have an easy job that pays well, or, more commonly, to be prosperous. Gravy, however, had been slang for easy money since the early 1900s.
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