Idiom
wolf of Wall Street
Meaning
(A name for) an aggressive, prominent, and wealthy financier; specifically (derogatory), one who swindles or takes unfair advantage of people.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He acts like a wolf of Wall Street with his aggressive sales tactics.”
“She fears her brother is becoming a greedy wolf of Wall Street.”
“Do you think every successful banker is secretly a wolf of Wall Street?”
“The young trader became a total wolf of Wall Street, tricking clients just to earn a massive bonus.”
“Local business owners worry that the new investor is a wolf of Wall Street who will strip the company of its assets and then leave.”
“After losing his savings to a wolf of Wall Street, the retired teacher warned others to be careful about where they put their money.”
“The documentary exposes how the firm's founder evolved into a notorious wolf of Wall Street, exploiting vulnerable investors to build his fraudulent empire.”
Examples
simple
“He acts like a wolf of Wall Street with his aggressive sales tactics.”
“She fears her brother is becoming a greedy wolf of Wall Street.”
“Do you think every successful banker is secretly a wolf of Wall Street?”
contextual
“The young trader became a total wolf of Wall Street, tricking clients just to earn a massive bonus.”
“Local business owners worry that the new investor is a wolf of Wall Street who will strip the company of its assets and then leave.”
“After losing his savings to a wolf of Wall Street, the retired teacher warned others to be careful about where they put their money.”
complex
“The documentary exposes how the firm's founder evolved into a notorious wolf of Wall Street, exploiting vulnerable investors to build his fraudulent empire.”
Origin
From wolf, in the sense of a rapacious or destructive person, and Wall Street, the metonym for American financial institutions. The construction follows the pattern of assigning a predatory animal to the geography of big-business interests.
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