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Gravy train
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"'''Gravy train'''" is an [[Idiom|idiomatic expression]] that is used to refer to any lucrative endeavour.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gravy An etymology for the phrase]</ref>

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*Ian Brown's song 'The Gravy Train' features on his 'Music of the Spheres' album. Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie on the Simple Life, a guy remarks, "now girls the gravy train is over with"
*Deep Purple's song "A Time to Kill" uses the line: "on a downward gravy train" 
using a negative connotation of the phrase.
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[[Category:English idioms]]

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