a meal ticket



a meal ticket

someone or something that you use as a way of getting regular amounts of money for the rest of your life Gone are the days when a university degree was a meal ticket for life.
See also: meal, ticket

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MickMIK (English)English, Dutch
Mielamee-E-lahEsperanto
RhodaRO-də (English)Biblical, English
Rizwana-Urdu, Arabic
Emmie
Eteri-Georgian