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The great insulator
Second only to sudden bereavement – Joan Aiken 一攫千金i-.kkaku.sen.kin Literally: one – take – thousand – gold Alternately: Making a large profit at one stroke without much effort. Note that the instantaneous and easy nature of the wealth in question … Continue reading
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Tagged easy money, Records of the Grand Historian, sudden wealth, the American Dream, windfall, 千金, 史記, 史记, 一獲, 一攫
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