make a killing
Example Sentences
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Tom Mueller’s latest book, “How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine,” will be published in August.
From New York Times
"Some of the less reputable ball boys used to make a killing - they'd sell them to the people in the queue rather than take them back. I didn't have the nous or the courage to try doing that."
From BBC
When it comes to making money as a director, Chapman’s Jones quoted the adage, “You can make a killing, but you can’t make a living.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Sponsors make a killing, and public shareholders take a bath,” Mr. Klausner said.
From New York Times
The documentary “The Pez Outlaw” follows the adventures of Steve Glew, a Michigan man who tried to make a killing by trafficking in rare European Pez dispensers until he ran afoul of the company bureaucracy.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
