"Money for old rope" nghĩa là gì?

Old barge between St. Thomas and St. John United States Virgin Islands. Photo courtesy F Mira.

'Money for old rope' nghĩa là tiền có được từ một công việc không đòi hỏi cố gắng nhiều (money you get for doing something very ​easy), tiền dễ kiếm; làm chơi ăn thật.

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Babysitting (trông trẻ) is money for old rope if the children go to sleep early.

I love my music and have been guilty of buying a box set or two in my time, but I agree with Noel Gallagher, box sets are essentially money for old rope!

Why has property insurance, traditionally money for old rope for the insurers, turned sour? Look at the weather. As our climate changes, we are experiencing more frequent floods and storms and, when these events do occur, they tend to be more severe.

Given that the archives exist, and there's a definite interest in old race footage, why not profit from it? Set up an official F1 online archive and charge a monthly or annual access fee. There would be initial setup costs in creating the archives and putting systems in place to prevent fraudulent (lừa dối, phi pháp) access, but once that's done it's just money for old rope.

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