get-rich-quick scheme
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- noun
- /ɡɛt rɪtʃ kwɪk skiːm/
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esquema para hacerse rico rápidamente
- one get-rich-quick scheme
Bitcoin was the kind of get rich quick scheme for our generation.
- Bitcoin was the kind of get rich quick scheme for our generation.
- Everyone seems to have a get rich quick scheme.
- While Ferris didn't pitch a get rich quick scheme, it can be argued that he pitched a get rich easy scheme.
- I said there is the most guaranteed legal get rich quick scheme in history.
- But if there is one big lesson here, it is that a good way of avoiding big losses is staying away from any sort of get rich quick scheme.
- Like they're looking for these get rich quick schemes.
- So when when people say it's a get rich quick scheme or, you know, there's a it's a get rich slow scheme is what it is.
Examples
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Bitcoin was the kind of get rich quick scheme for our generation.
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I said there is the most guaranteed legal get rich quick scheme in history.
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Okay, I know you think this is just one of my get rich quick schemes, but I'm doing it right this time.
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If this is another get-rich-quick scheme...
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The problem is too many people are out looking for a get-rich-quick scheme, and Sitesell is definitely not it.
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Many people lost their savings to a fraudulent get-rich-quick scheme that promised easy profits.
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He realized that investing in a get-rich-quick scheme was a quick way to lose money instead of making it.
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Skeptics warn that most get-rich-quick schemes are too good to be true and often lead to financial loss.
Synonyms
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A dishonest plan to get money by tricking people
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A dishonest plan to trick people and take their money
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A plan that pays early investors with money from later investors instead of real profits
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A dishonest plan where people pay to join and only earn money by recruiting others, not by selling things
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An illegal plan to get money by tricking people
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A plan that uses false news to raise a stock price and sell shares, leaving other investors with losses
Antonyms
How Legitimate
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- Specialized
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- NSFW
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Surface Forms
Morphology
get-rich-quick + scheme
The meaning is directly compositional: 'get rich quick' clearly means 'become rich rapidly' and 'scheme' means 'a plan', so together they denote a plan to become rich quickly. This is a predictable combination following common English compounding and should be inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Get-rich-quick scheme comes from old ads and travelling salesmen who promised a secret plan to get rich quick, a clear image of someone selling a fast way to make money overnight. Because these offers often turned out to be a trick, the phrase now means 'a plan that promises fast money but is usually not honest'.