make a killing

　　发大财，获取暴利

　　killing 名词，表示“故意杀人，谋杀”，brutal killings 残杀;

　　也可以做形容词，表示“使人筋疲力尽的”，同 exhaustig，如 a killing schedule 排得满满当当的时间表

　　短语 make a killing 与“杀人、杀害”没有关系，其释义为 to make a lot of money in a short time 发横财，获暴利

　　eg. The boss of Britain's top pizza concern made a killing on the market yesterday by selling off most of his shares.

　　kill相关习语补充

　　kill or cure 成败在此一举

　　Having a baby can be kill or cure for a troubled marriage.

　　对陷入感情困境的婚姻来说，要小孩可谓是孤注一掷。

　　kill two birds with one stone 一石二鸟，一举两得

　　I killed two birds with one stone and picked the kids up on the way to the supermarket.

　　我在去超市的路上顺便接了孩子，一举两得。

　　kill the goose that lays the golden egg 杀鸡取卵，竭泽而渔

　　Firing the programmer who created your most successful app is like killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

　　这位程序员开发了很多成功的应用程序，解雇他相当于是杀鸡取卵。