it prints money

A product or idea that earns and generates a seemingly endless amount of money; a money tree.

Have you heard about that new Nintendo console? It's selling so much that it prints money.

by Sludge669 December 12, 2019

license to print money

A sure-fire method guaranteed to make copious, innumerable amounts of revenue, usually through a product being sold or an event being offered.

The Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS sell so well, Nintendo treats it like a license to print money.

by Ixra February 14, 2013

licence to print money

(n.) A highly profitable business.

Those who bought into the McDonalds franchise years ago have found they now have a licence to print money

by Gumba Gumba May 13, 2004