COMMON IDIOM-03 | CASH COW

CASH COW

“Cash cow,” which means “a product or business that always makes a lot of profit.”  অর্থাৎ যে ব্যবসা বা জিনিস থেকে প্রচুর টাকা আসে তাকেই cash cow হিসেবে উল্লেখ করা হয়। যেমন আপনার একটি মাস্কের ব্যবসা আছে এবং এটি থেকে আপনার বেশ ভালো টাকা আসে যা আপনাকে ধনি করে দিতে সক্ষম, তাহলে এই এই মাস্কের ব্যবসাই আপনার জন্য একটি cash cow.

⠀☑ Example Sentences

1. At the time of the pandemic, may people took mask business as a cash cow.
2. YouTubing has become a cash cow for many people.
3. The football team was a cash cow for the university.
4. The movie studio saw the actress as a cash cow.
5. The young actress turned out to be the cash cow for most Hollywood studios.
6. I want to launch a new business that will be a cash cow for me.
7. His new developing company turns into a cash cow.
8. The local newspaper is a cash cow. They make a lot of money because they are the only local newspaper.
9. The new store that I opened is a cash cow. The store is doing really well.
10. My brother’s new software business is a cash cow
11. Do you think a lot of people want a business that is a cash cow?
12. But the biggest cash cow is lower – undergraduate education.
13. You’ll be rich soon because that kind of business is a real cash cow.
14. A owns two restaurants; one of which a cash cow.

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♜ORIGIN OF THIS IDIOM:

Cash cow has only been in use since the 1970s but the term “milch cow” was used with the same meaning since the 1600s. A milch cow is a cow kept for her milk (dairy cow). The term was used figuratively to refer to any source of easy and reliable revenue or resources.

What’s an Idiom?

Broadly speaking, an idiom is a widely used phrase that, when taken as a whole, has a particular meaning that you would not be able to deduce from the meanings of the individual words. The ubiquitous greeting “How are you doing today?” is an example of an idiom. Normally, how means “in what manner” or “to what degree.” Taken literally, the question doesn’t make a lot of sense. But fluent English speakers understand the idiomatic meaning; “How are you doing today?” usually just means “hello.”

Idiom vs. Cliché

The terms idiom and cliché are often used interchangeably, especially when people talk about things you shouldn’t say. But they’re not quite the same thing. A cliché is an expression like “throw the baby out with the bathwater” or “the cat who ate the canary”—a phrase that has been repeated so often that it’s no longer effective. Clichés are like idioms in that you can’t understand the meaning of the phrase by looking at the literal meaning of each word. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater has nothing to do with babies or bathwater; it means that you’re in such a hurry to get rid of something that you accidentally throw out something valuable, too. Someone who looks like a cat who ate the canary doesn’t look like a feline. She looks like someone who is proud of getting away with mischief.

But not all idioms are clichés in the same way that “throw the baby out with the bathwater” is. Consider the phrase “all of a sudden.” You probably know that this phrase means “suddenly.” But it’s hard to see why. We don’t normally use sudden as a noun, as it seems to be in this phrase. And why all? Can you have part of a sudden? Some idioms that seem nonsensical now actually did make logical sense in the past (sudden was a noun, once, but that usage died out everywhere except in this phrase).

Prepared by-
FAYSAL KHAN (FK)
BA, (Hons), MA; English (ELT)
Founder and CET, FKENGLISH
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