fat cat

Frequency: 6.76.8 per million words

figurative

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Examples (10)

  • The new tax policy was criticized for benefiting the fat cats of big business.
  • People are angry that corporate fat cats receive huge bonuses while workers face layoffs.
  • The populist candidate promised to hold Wall Street fat cats accountable.
  • Taxpayer money shouldn't be used to bail out the financial fat cats who caused the crisis.
  • The term 'fat cat' is a derogatory label for a wealthy, powerful executive.
  • Protesters demanded an end to the culture of greed that rewards corporate fat cats.
  • The journalist's investigation exposed a network of political fat cats profiting from public contracts.
  • Many feel that the legal system is designed to protect the fat cats at the top.
  • While ordinary families struggle with rising costs, the industry's fat cats are enjoying record profits.
  • He left the company, tired of making money for a group of out-of-touch fat cats.