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
Carpenter	['ka:pəntə]
SÌNe	SHEE-na	Scottish
Quentin	['kwentin]
Alaric	['ælərik]
Queenie	KWEEN-ee	English
&Aelig;Lf&Thorn;Ry&Eth;	-	Anglo-Saxon