濡ぬれ手てに粟あわ

expression

easy profit; making money without effort

Proverbial expression meaning to gain profit with little or no effort, like wet hands picking up millet grains that stick easily. Often used in the phrase 濡れ手に粟の大儲け.

See also: 濡れ手で粟

• 彼かれは濡ぬれ手てに粟あわのような商しょう売ばいで大おお金がね持もちになった。

  He became very rich through a business that was like easy profit.

• 濡ぬれ手てに粟あわの大おお儲もうけを狙ねらうより、地じ道みちに働はたらいたほうがいい。

  Rather than aiming for easy money, it's better to work steadily.