fat cat
Example Sentences
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But she’s practical; she’ll do what it takes to survive in a world of gross inequality, where Hades is an industrial fat cat and artists and workers are largely servile.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022
"It is not a fat cat scheme for people at the top of the business," boss John Roberts told the BBC's Today Programme.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2020
But together with government documents, the picture they paint of Jones and Williams suggests a leadership that has at times aspired more to the role of fat cat than defender of workers.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2019
“He’s eating pasta! By making light of that, we’re saying it’s not so bad — a fat cat is a happy cat.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019
“And you say this fat cat travlin around with his momma?”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
