Cash Cow Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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cash cow What does cash cow mean?	a good source of money	His new business is a cash cow and he is making much money.
cash cow What does cash cow mean?	a good source of money	The new business is a cash cow and is making much money.
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sell out What does "sell out" mean?	to sell all of a product	Every year our company is able to sell out most of our summer goods.

talk big What does "talk big" mean?	to talk boastfully, to brag	The man is always talking big but nobody believes what he says.
Comes with the territory What does "Comes with the territory" mean?	If something comes with the territory, especially when undesirable, it is automatically included with something else, like a job, responsibility, etc.('Goes with the territory' is also used.)
rack What does "rack" mean?	bed; cot
Hell in a handbasket What does "Hell in a handbasket" mean?	If something is going to hell in a handbasket, it is getting worse and worse, with no hope of stopping the decline.	After I lost my job at the plant, life went to hell in a handbasket.
wrap around one`s finger What does "wrap around one`s finger" mean?	have complete control over someone and be able to make them do anything you want	She has her boss wrapped around her finger and can do anything that she wants.
cold turkey What does "cold turkey" mean?	immediate and complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent (used when someone stops taking addictive drugs or tries to stop a bad habit)	The government program helped the drug addicts stop using heroin cold turkey. The man plans to quit smoking cold turkey.
Go-to guy What does "Go-to guy" mean?	A go-to guy is a person whose knowledge of something is considerable so everyone wants to go to him or her for information or results.
feel up to (do something) What does "feel up to (do something)" mean?	to feel healthy enough or rested enough to do something	I do not feel up to going to the game.
honor roll What does "honor roll" mean?	a list of people or students with exceptional achievements	My neighbor was on the honor roll during his last year in high school.
lay (something) on the line What does "lay (something) on the line" mean?	speak directly and firmly about something	The librarian finally had to lay it on the line and told everyone not to bring drinks into the library.
go off the deep end What does "go off the deep end" mean?	to become angry or emotional	The man went off the deep end when he saw his picture in the paper.

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Cash Cow Idiom