licence to print money

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see licence, to, print, money.
  2. A means of generating a large income with little effort. colloquial,idiomatic
    — Owning a machine tool plant, it was said, was almost as good as a license to print money.

词形变化

licences to print money plural license to print money alternative

词源

Often attributed to Lew Grade, and notably used by Roy Thompson of Scottish Television around 1956.
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