Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Help!

C'č qualcuno che conosca bene, ma molto bene la lingua inglese? A livello di
"madrelingua"! Che sappia pure interpretare i doppi sensi e i proverbi, e
modi di dire! Tipo....cosa significa Gravy Train? Difficile eh? Beh....sono
riuscito a saperlo, ma i miei problemi sono altri (oltre ai psicologici....
:-))))))) ), se qualcuno/a č cosě gentile da contattarmi gli spiegherň bene
i miei problemi di traduzione! Niente di impegnativo se siete bravi.....solo
se mi sapete dire perň cosa significa Gravy Train! :-)
Saluti
        Francesco!

> se mi sapete dire però cosa significa Gravy Train! :-)
In this context "Gravy" no doubt means "unearned or unexpected money",
a slang expression, and a Gravy Train is a source of such money.
That was the dictionary definition. In my opinion, it can also mean a
copious flow of regular income from a perhaps not very conventional
source, yet hard-earned and well-deserved. Let's say you invent
something stupendous and sell the licence to your patent. Your monthly
income of 2 million euros in royalties will be your Gravy Train.
Buona fortuna!
Josef Kunz
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source, yet hard-earned and well-deserved. 
Hmm, I see. Blackmail activities perhaps?
LOL
Bienvenido, Josef. Make yourself at home in the Illuminated Realm.
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscalinet.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/

 bravi.....solo  se mi sapete dire però cosa significa Gravy Train! :-)
If you have questions related to the English language or your inability to
interpret something, I suggest you post them here. You will have to accept
what you find among us though, and leave tests aside regardless of whether
one is able to tell you first what the meaning of 'gravy train' is.
I can't quite decide whether you were attempting to be playful or if you are
simply youthful in your boundless enthusiasm for a joke. However you have
come close to incurring Royal Wrath. Either you do not know the group at all
(considered a breach of netiquette where you should
lurk a long while before posting) or you have a sense of humour that shows
quite how and out of touch I am  with today's 'new and improved' variety.
Your introduction to the group starts out with you throwing down a challenge
to which you then add insult to injury by following that up with 'Niente di
impegnativo se siete bravi '.Who appointed you
arbiter of how to judge whether or not something is 'impegnativo' to any one
of us and
how exactly do you arrive at the conclusion that if we are 'bravi' it won't
be 'impegnativo'?
In any event. Welcome. If you have questions, as I have said above, post
them.
However, please be sure to include some context for future reference and
perhaps you could consider modifying your approach.
--
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb.

Dear Francesco,
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Gravy Train = Avere un lavoro senza cura ma con paga ottima.  Si dice di
un funzionario pigro.
Martin

 Martin
Grazie, tu almeno hai risposto decentemente.

 un funzionario pigro.
Eihhh
Chi ha fatto la spia!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?