Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is meal ticket - definition
meal ticket
BRITISH COUNTRY ROCK BAND
also meal-ticket
If you say that something or someone is a meal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have.
His chosen field was unlikely to be a meal ticket for life...
I don't intend to be a meal-ticket for anyone.
N-SING: usu a N
meal ticket
BRITISH COUNTRY ROCK BAND
¦ noun a person or thing that is exploited as a source of regular income.
Meal Ticket
BRITISH COUNTRY ROCK BAND
Meal Ticket were a country rock band who emerged from the London pub circuit during the 1970s and signed to Logo Records. They had several line ups which included Ray Flacke, Jack Brand, Andy Coulter, Rod Demick, Chris Hunt, Keith Nelson, Steve Simpson, Willy Finlayson and Rick Jones.
Wikipedia
Meal Ticket
Meal Ticket were a country rock band who emerged from the London pub circuit during the 1970s and signed to Logo Records. They had several line ups which included Ray Flacke, Jack Brand, Andy Coulter, Rod Demick, Chris Hunt, Keith Nelson, Steve Simpson, Willy Finlayson and Rick Jones.
Examples of use of meal ticket
1. Each family member is given a daily meal ticket for a three–course meal.
2. The idea that they could become a meal ticket for the middle class is fanciful.
3. Careful, Lewis, crumpet turns up at ten–a–penny for a genuine meal–ticket.
4. "These failed asylum seekers now have a meal ticket for life and a place in the queue for social housing.
5. The court was told how Trudi saw any babies born into the family, such as her son Shane‘s two children and Rachel‘s, as a meal ticket.