nice little earner

nice little earner

A job or business that is very profitable. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. This photography gig that I got a few months ago turned out to be a nice little earner.
See also: earner, little, nice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a nice little earner

BRITISH, INFORMAL
If you describe something as a nice little earner, you mean that it is something that you can make money from easily. T-shirts are a nice little earner and it's better than the dole.
See also: earner, little, nice
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a nice little earner

a profitable activity or business. British informal
1996 Independent Today's children know a nice little earner when they see one.
See also: earner, little, nice
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a nice little earner
  • earner
  • turn up trumps
  • come up trumps
  • come/turn up trumps
  • trump
  • chip
  • chips
  • up on (one's) ear
  • one of the boys
References in periodicals archive
There have always been academic disciplines where a degree is not a nice little earner.
In my opinion all they are interested in is moving down the trough and the remainers are looking at an MEP's job so that they can retire with a nice little earner, because, don't forget , that once you get a job in the European Union they cannot be removed.
This is a warts-and-all look at life in a women's prison Kim is fascinated by Vanessa's baby-bump India has settled herself into a nice little earner as a dealer in sweets
Some gifts - like the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road vinyl LP PS25.99 or PS40 retro tour T-shirt - are a nice little earner for a multi-millionaire musician, plus the record company expecting a Christmas No1 and a good plug for the makers of the movie Rocket Man, out next year.
So there's plenty of time for a nice little earner, eh?
It was enough for a weekly shop Homeland star Damian Lewis tells how his racing tip from the Queen proved to be a nice little earner Our albums came out more or less at the same time and we're comparing sales.
Now what's one of those, one may well ask, apart from being a nice little earner? And if there's a chief of them, there must be several others.
LIKE many people, I am very concerned at the explosion of provision of new student accommodation in Newcastle - a nice little earner for developers before the bubble bursts.
The trouble is that employers' " national insurance is a nice little earner for the Chancellor, generating nearly PS63billion for the Treasury during the last financial year.
All Gavin sees is a way to turn this weird situation into a nice little earner.
I will say to all prospective landlords when the facility is empty it will be a nice little earner if turned into student accommodation - down the road from Coventry University and of course no council tax to pay.
This is with regards to the letter "Nice little earner" (GDN, November 19).
himself a "nice little earner" when he stepped into the role of dodgy wheeler dealer Arthur Daley in ht Minder back in 1979.
A couple of weeks ago, I missed the chance of a nice little earner by betting on Swansea, Cardiff, Wrexham and Newport all winning.
"Amy agreed to do it because it was a nice little earner and didn't involve a lot of travel," the Sun quoted a source, as saying.