welfare Cadillac

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词形变化

welfare Cadillacs 复数 welfare Cadillacs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The case of a person or group receiving public benefits, although the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud.

    美国 习语

词源

The imagery is of a person arriving at a welfare office in a Cadillac automobile (an expensive car) to pick up a welfare payment. The implication is that the person does not need the benefit, or that the benefits are too generous.

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