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
Roshni-Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Nyah-Eastern African, Swahili
Rute-Portuguese
FloydFLOIDEnglish
NealNEELEnglish
Tola-Khmer