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- adjective idiomatic, of a scheme Claiming to provide large
profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to luregullible investment victims.
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Examples
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If you want to lose weight, there is no magical pill or diet that will help you do it; if you want to make money, there are no get-rich-quick schemes; and for your example, find me the person who says raising kids is easy.
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Timber firms were licensed to log the old-growth forest in Clayaquot Sound; fishing companies were permitted to destroy the Grand Banks: in both cases these get-rich-quick schemes impoverished Canada and its reputation.
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But the angry crowds are really the mirror of a right-wing, instant gratification, get-rich-quick philosophy that exalts materialism and condemns anyone who can't afford goodies like those flat-screen TVs carried out of burning UK shops.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future? RJ 2011
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Rosario needs money for yet another get-rich-quick business venture.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Interview: Belgica Castro, star of Old Cats Marshall Fine 2011
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ÂBut the angry crowds are really the mirror of a right-wing, instant gratification, get-rich-quick philosophy that exalts materialism and condemns anyone who can't afford goodies like those flat-screen TVs carried out of burning UK shops.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future? RJ 2011
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These toxic assets were part of a larger get-rich-quick schemes for officials who apparently found his investigations inconvenient.
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Big money developers who lost fortunes in get-rich-quick vapors.
10,000 Dollar Pyramid Robert Vaughan 2011
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But if a frivolous, get-rich-quick case is built against an individual or business, the defendant should not be financially liable for a wrongful accusation.
A Texas Roundhouse for the Trial Lawyers Chuck Norris 2011
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These toxic assets were part of a larger get-rich-quick schemes for officials who apparently found his investigations inconvenient.
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The exact figures are open to debate, but the general principle that e-books are by no means a get-rich-quick proposition for publishers is pretty definite, I think.
Brian Ruckley · MPoaF: Making a Book in the 21st Century 2010
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