gravy train

noun

Slang.

1. a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort.

   The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.

gravy train

noun

1. slang,  a job requiring comparatively little work for good pay, benefits, etc

gravy train

1. A job or project that requires little effort but yields considerable profits: “His father worked hard to build the company, but all Percy has to do is sit back and ride the gravy train.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of gravy train¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

“If you are an illegal immigrant, you should leave now. The gravy train is over. While this subpoena focuses only on Los Angeles County — it is just the beginning.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said Zelensky wanted to "keep the gravy train" of foreign aid running, a day after he appeared to blame Ukraine - not Russia - for starting the war.

From BBC

Now there seems little fear that Saudi Arabia's heavily criticised record on human rights will ever derail golf's gravy train.

From BBC

He says he has no intention of giving up that gravy train as HHS secretary, even though he would have direct control of the nation’s vaccine policy.

From Salon

He questioned whether the government was dragging the "issue out to exhaust victims until their deaths" and if the scheme has become a "gravy train" for its lawyers.

From BBC