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be money for old rope

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be money for old rope

  (British informal) also be money for jam (British informal)

if a job is money for old rope, it is an easy way of earning money Babysitting is money for old rope if the children go to sleep early. Most people think being a professional footballer is money for jam.

See also: money, old, rope