Free ride
01
gratisåk, snyltare
a benefit that is obtained at the cost or with the effort of another person
Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
Exempel
A group of students who have been assigned to do a report where only one student cares, does all the work and the others go along for a free ride.
En grupp studenter som har fått i uppdrag att göra en rapport där endast en student bryr sig, gör allt arbete och de andra åker med för en gratisrit.
Only those who share the work can share the benefits - nobody gets a free ride!
Endast de som delar arbetet kan dela fördelarna - ingen får en gratis ridtur!
02
gratis åktur, förmånsbehandling
a soft treatment that does not require someone to face the consequences of their actions
IdiomInformalExempel
Generally speaking, the press has given Jacobson a free ride.
Generellt sett har pressen gett Jacobson en fri lejd.
No one has seriously examined the president ’s trade policy – he ’s gotten a free ride so far.
Ingen har allvarligt granskat presidentens handelspolitik – hittills har han fått en fri pass.
