idle rich
noun
: rich people who do not have to work
elegant and expensive resorts catering to the idle rich
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But Rosamund Pike is Saltburn's secret weapon — her razor-sharp wit transforms chilly family matriarch Elspeth into a terrifyingly delicious satire of the idle rich.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2023
Television ‘The Great’ invents depraved games for the idle rich.
—Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
But opprobrium commonly targeted the idle rich, feasting vampirically on the labor of others, rather than the concept of work itself, which remained a point of pride.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 1 May 2023
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2023
Television ‘The Great’ invents depraved games for the idle rich.
—Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
But opprobrium commonly targeted the idle rich, feasting vampirically on the labor of others, rather than the concept of work itself, which remained a point of pride.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 1 May 2023
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“Idle rich.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idle%20rich. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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