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The phrase was first used in the 1920s in the United States to describe rich political donors.[1] By the middle of the 20th century, the term was being applied more widely to any wealthy individual.
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- (slang, originally) A rich person who contributes to a political campaign.
- (slang, derogatory) Any affluent person who is perceived to have profited from the labour of others.
- 2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3:
- For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fat, cat.
参照
- ^ John Ayto , quoting F. R. Kent (1928), “Fat Cat”, in Movers and Shakers: A Chronology of Words that Shaped Our Age, Oxford University Press US, published 2006, page 64: “These capitalists have what the organization needs—money to finance the campaign. Such men are known in political circles as ‘Fat Cats’.”
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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2015/12/04 17:14 UTC 版)
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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2008/12/12 14:10 UTC 版)
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