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
Hettie	HET-ee	English
Azad	-	Persian, Indian, Hindi, Azerbaijani, Turkish
Farhana	-	Arabic, Bengali
Jacky	-	French
Korrine	kə-REEN	English (Rare)
Viljami	VEEL-yah-mee	Finnish