meal ticket
Example Sentences
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The young ones saw me as a meal ticket, and the older men saw me as their Lolita.
From Los Angeles Times
She needs trustworthy people around her who work for her and don’t see her as a meal ticket.
From Los Angeles Times
She encountered her promoter, King, sitting by himself after watching his meal ticket chomp his career into pieces.
From Washington Times
He said, “Son, you know what? You’ve got a meal ticket for life here.”
From New York Times
“He also was courageous,” Nielsen observed, referring to Hart’s successful fight against the CTA, a Democratic meal ticket in election campaigns.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
