Talk:gravy train
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This might be a good place for somebody to post on the etymology of "gravy train."
David Lloyd-Jones (talk) 23:35, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense "(idiomatic, politics) A gorging on luxuries, since someone else foots the bill." - -sche (discuss) 23:00, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
- I think I have cited this one, although I am not absolutely sure. The definition needs cleanup if it is kept. I am not sure it is really all that different from the first definition. The main distinction I see, is that the first implies an occupation or lucrative endeavor, while this is about unearned benefits. Kiwima (talk) 00:23, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- It doesn't seem like a separate sense to me. How different is getting income easily and getting goods or benefits easily? It seems like an inevitable and unremarkable generalization that can be accommodate by adding ", benefits, or goods". DCDuring (talk) 03:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah, the sense certainly needs cleanup. Merging would probably be fine. - -sche (discuss) 00:23, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
- It doesn't seem like a separate sense to me. How different is getting income easily and getting goods or benefits easily? It seems like an inevitable and unremarkable generalization that can be accommodate by adding ", benefits, or goods". DCDuring (talk) 03:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- OK, I have merged the two definitions. RFV-resolved Kiwima (talk) 20:54, 7 March 2018 (UTC)