cash cow
A product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flowsA product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.
» They're taking us for cash cows.
Они нас за дойных коров держат. — marafon
U2FS · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.
Goldesel
дойная коро́ваdojnaja koróva
(broadly)Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money.
Melkkuh, Milchkuh, Dukatenscheißer
- a project that generates a continuous flow of money
Examples
5 sentencesThey're taking us for cash cows.
ruОни нас за дойных коров держат. — marafon
Yanni's mother became his cash cow.
Total cash cow.
Trans medicine is not a big cash cow for the pharmaceutical industry; they make much more off other things.
iTunes has turned out to be a real cash cow for Apple.
ruАйтюнс оказался настоящей дойной коровой для Эппл. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
An allusion to the dairy cow, who once acquired (and having given birth) may be milked onAn allusion to the dairy cow, who once acquired (and having given birth) may be milked on an ongoing basis.
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Forms
plural: cash cowsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a project that generates a continuous flow of money:moneymakermoney-spinner