Idiom
money for old rope
Meaning
Money earned with little effort.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Selling these old books online is money for old rope.”
“He gets paid to water his neighbor's plants while they are away, which is basically money for old rope.”
“The consultant realized that simply updating the software configuration for the client was money for old rope, given the exorbitant fee he charged for such minimal effort.”
Examples
simple
“Selling these old books online is money for old rope.”
contextual
“He gets paid to water his neighbor's plants while they are away, which is basically money for old rope.”
complex
“The consultant realized that simply updating the software configuration for the client was money for old rope, given the exorbitant fee he charged for such minimal effort.”
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