Idiom
cry all the way to the bank
Meaning
To be happy due to the receipt of money, but sad about the cause.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He hates his job, but he cries all the way to the bank.”
“The actor disliked the script, but the massive paycheck meant he could cry all the way to the bank.”
“Although the controversial merger damaged his reputation, the enormous profit allowed him to cry all the way to the bank.”
Examples
simple
“He hates his job, but he cries all the way to the bank.”
contextual
“The actor disliked the script, but the massive paycheck meant he could cry all the way to the bank.”
complex
“Although the controversial merger damaged his reputation, the enormous profit allowed him to cry all the way to the bank.”
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