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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Milan	MEE-lahn (Czech)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Dutch
AnĈJo	AHN-chyo	Esperanto
Shakura	-	Arabic
Tamia	-	English (Modern)
Shira	-	Hebrew
Drummond	-	English (Rare)