06-04-2010, 08:02 AM
(06-04-2010, 07:23 AM)kandrathe Wrote: I probably associate "Gravy Train" with Chuck Wagon, as they were both dog foods when I was a boy.
I am of the age, too, where "gravy train" makes me think of "chuck wagon". It makes me think of 2 little guys riding a wagon through a kitchen and makes me wonder if the dog is going to eat them if they slow down.
"Gravy Train" is one that Wikipedia fails on. I found this on another site:
Quote:"Riding the gravy train": 'Gravy' has been slang for easy money since the early 1900s. In the 1920s railroad workers began using the phrase to describe a run with good pay and little work. Today the phrase also refers to living extravagantly while someone else foots the bill.
Of course, I am also of the age where I think: have a cigar, you're going to go far, you're going to fly, you're never going to die. (...which one is Pink?)
-V