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a cushy job
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a job that is easy and pleasant but still pays well
Informal and often a little envious. 'Cushy' also goes with 'life' and, in British English, 'number'.
In context
My uncle has a cushy job in an office and is home by four every day.
She left a cushy job at the bank to start her own café in Da Lat.
More idioms about work
- a baptism of firea very difficult first experience of a new job or activity
- a dead-end joba job with no chance of promotion or of learning anything new
- a jack of all tradesa person who can do many different kinds of work fairly well
- a labour of lovehard work that you do because you enjoy it or care about it, not for money
- a nine-to-five joba regular office job with fixed hours, usually from about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.