| 单词 | grow fat on something |
| 释义 | grow fat on somethinggrow fat on something RICHto become rich because of something – used to show disapproval 靠某物致富，因某事发财〔含贬义〕 The finance men had grown fat on managing other people’s money. 金融界人士为别人打理钱财，养肥了自己。 Examples from the Corpus grow fat on something• Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.• The bull grew fat on his salary and expense account, but his performance was disappointing to say the least.• They could see themselves growing fat on large-scale construction payrolls.• These stock brokers grow fat on other people's money. → grow fat on something at fat1(5) |
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