idle rich

noun

: rich people who do not have to work
elegant and expensive resorts catering to the idle rich

Examples of idle rich in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So this idea that we’re all supposed to want to do nothing all the time, like the idle rich? Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2024 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. 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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