meal ticket
Example Sentences
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I went back to law school on my way out of my first marriage because I needed a meal ticket.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023
She needs trustworthy people around her who work for her and don’t see her as a meal ticket.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2022
While the Goolds lost all their money at the roulette tables, they thought they had found a meal ticket in Danish widow Emma Levin in 1907.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2022
She encountered her promoter, King, sitting by himself after watching his meal ticket chomp his career into pieces.
From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2022
“That means they’re not on the meal ticket, then.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
