cry all the way to the bank
cry all the way to the bank
To be unfazed by the fact that one has profited or benefited from something that others consider disreputable or shameful. I would be horrified to have my name attached to these trashy novels, but this author seems to be crying all the way to the bank. A: "That was such a terrible movie." B: "And I'm sure the actors are crying all the way to the bank."
See also: all, bank, cry, way
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cry all the way to the bank
Fig. to make a lot of money on something that one ought to be ashamed of. Jane: Have you read the new book by that romance novelist? They say it sold a million copies, but it's so badly written that the author ought to be ashamed of herself. Alan: I'm sure she's crying all the way to the bank. That dreadful movie had no artistic merit. I suppose the people who produced it are crying all the way to the bank.
See also: all, bank, cry, way
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- be sitting on a gold mine
- goldmine
- sit on a gold mine of (something)
- never live (something) down
- live down
- it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest
- be ripe for the picking
- stigmatize
- stigmatize (someone or something) as (something)
- stigmatize as