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俚语 money for old rope
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Money for old rope

Money for old rope

A old saying that means getting money for nothing or doing nothing.

It originates from a time when hangmen used to get to keep the rope from the condemned as a perk of the job and unscrupulous hangmen would just keep the rope and then sell pieces of old rope to gullible souvenir hunters at hangings instead.
I cant believe he was paid to sit around watching TV talk about money for old rope!
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