Cash Cow

A cash-cow V-22 Osprey vehicle that's nowhere near as cost-effective as alternative systems -- and has a nasty habit of deadly, bad performance. ❋ Robert Greenwald (2012)

Meeting that target will be tough, however, considering the stubbornly high yen, the weaker sales in Suzuki's cash-cow market of India and the distraction of a court dispute over the company's soured partnership with Germany's Volkswagen AG. ❋ Yoshio Takahashi (2012)

But I've got Jade Goody, and I have to work with the material I'm given - so I want compensation for her inconsiderate act while I'm in the middle of trying to milk this cash-cow . ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

It paid off, and now DC has a feminine cash-cow no matter how few women pick up the actual comic books. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Local businesses welcomed the police response, but were weary of being asked to close early on a cash-cow day. ❋ Pervaiz Shallwani (2011)

MJ's now-impossible level of stardom with “Thriller” was a cash-cow indeed, but as noted, it played to his worst demons ... that willingness to suspend self-awareness, and an annoying, benign imperiousness. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Microsoft had to always consider turning a profit for their decisions and they didn't have a cash-cow like AdWords to fall back on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Both could be sold or spun-off, although PCs would pose more of a challenge than cash-cow printers. ❋ Rolfe Winkler (2011)

Prevent swiftly became a magnet for racketeers, a cash-cow for extremists and a textbook example of government overreach. ❋ Douglas Murray (2011)

Since its 2002 refit, TG has become Auntie's most successful franchise, a cash-cow from whose motorised udders leaks an interminable stream of book tie-ins, TV spin-offs, inexplicable solo ventures and … cheaply packaged key fobs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In Nomura's cash-cow retail brokerage, revenue dropped 21% to 87.8 billion yen from the prior quarter due to the strong yen and extremely sluggish client activity over the summer months. ❋ Atsuko Fukase (2010)

Reuters Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld Thursday, Kraft said it was breaking up into two publicly-traded companies: a higher growth global snacks business with brands like Oreo cookies, Trident gum and Cadbury chocolates and a slower growing, cash-cow in its North American grocery business. ❋ Paul Ziobro (2011)

Meanwhile, sports programming, long a cash-cow that drives up carriage fees for cable but now largely a loss-leader on broadcast, is getting more important as they try to bulk up on live programming that customers are less likely to watch on-demand or online. ❋ Jessica E. Vascellaro (2011)

Frankly, I'd rather respond and let the chips fall where they may rather than to simply be quiet and let opportunist jerks like Howard and Brown get away with their cash-cow bigotry without any criticism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The show is a spin-off from network cash-cow Family Guy (a show that was also cancelled by FOX prematurely, though they wisely brought it back). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not just Quicken … Turbotax has become a cash-cow monster for Intuit, as well. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is that [Charlie out] there on the floor with a "cash-cow"? or Yeah, that cash-cow is big, but I'm [hammered] and only paid the cover [charge]. ❋ Parisj13 (2006)

[sales tax], speed [traps], parking [meters]...etc. ❋ Kingman (2004)

the speed [traps] [set up] by the cops are just another cash cow to fill [city hall's] coffers. ❋ Bungalow Bill (2004)

[Oil] prices are the biggest of all [cash] [cows]. ❋ Kung-Fu Jesus (2004)

Jenny: your best friend is only using you, she doesn't care about you [Kerry]: no she’s not Jenny: trust me she's [a cash] [cow] ❋ AnonymousAustralianGuy (2022)

Biff won't break up with [Marge] until he finds another [old hag] worth a hundred million; as far as cash cows go, he hit [paydirt]. ❋ Biffy Law (2006)

"[sheera] is [alex's] cash cow" ❋ Consuelo M. Ricardo (2005)

Wow, Tatum Lenberg is quite the [cash cow] tonight! Do you accept [debit] or cash cow? How do you measure a cash cow in [quarts]? ❋ Cashcowcathy (2018)

[Elijah] Taylor has awesome [cash-cowness], he'll rise [heaps]! ❋ Wah.D10 (2011)

She had [big boobs], so i decided to try the [Milking the Cash Cow] [move on] her. ❋ Matchge (2015)