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| Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy Daniel Lobo. |
'Be a licence to print money' có từ licence là giấy phép, môn bài, và print là in, xuất bản; vì thế 'be a licence to print money' nghĩa đen là giấy phép in tiền, hay nghĩa bóng là một công ty hay hoạt động mà mang lại cho người chủ sở hữu rất nhiều tiền, trở nên giàu có mà không mất nhiều công sức.
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These shopping channels are just a licence to print money.
Curtis, whose film brand, like that of James Bond, seems to be a licence to print money, said that he had been accused of writing the same script over and again. "That's wrong. These are the sort of stories I like to film. I write for myself and my close friends."
- Can you imagine how much money the drug companies would make if they actually did develop "exercise in a pill" that was safe, affordable and widely available?
- It would be a licence to print money in obscene amounts. It's sad that people are always looking for that silver bullet rather than applying a little bit of discipline and hard work to achieve something. Pretty sad really.
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