empty-boxcars train of assurers

Derisive term for a sizable number of acquaintances of someone with a dubious reputation who make praising statements about the individual's character/morals, offer to co-sign a loan he's requesting, etc., but who are of comparably-questionable integrity themselves, are also broke, etc., and so their own word and/or reliability is viewed as not being much more of a legitimate guarantee than the promises of the person they're vouching for. In other words, "quantito, but not qualito"... lots of impressive-looking "containers", but with no actual/tangible/legitimate "goods" inside of said containers.

Loan officer: I always feel really wary/suspicious whenever someone of unknown/questionable reputation asks for a loan and offers to bring in a number of other folks to vouch for his character, reliability, and financial responsibility --- "methinks he doth protest too much", plus usually his so-called "witnesses" appear to merely be an "empty-boxcars train of assurers"... they seem no more trustworthy than I would view the loan-requester himself as being, and so their voluminous praise/recommendations hold little significance and inspire little confidence in me regarding whether the loan-requester would actually possess adequate means/motivation/dedication to repay the money. I feel something like how the lady-attorney in "Losing Isaiah" did when she pointed out that the members of the "support group" whom ex-druggie/shoplifter Khaila had named as the people who were assisting her in her efforts to "go straight" and "live clean" had themselves all been former drug-users and/or criminals, and so she felt that they should not be considered to be viable/reliable helpers to prevent Khaila from relapsing.

by QuacksO September 21, 2018

baby gravy train

When 3 or more men get on their hands and knees, they are pegged in a line until they all finish on the floor

Want to be our third carriage in a baby gravy train

by Baby gravy man April 11, 2024

my trains

uh my trains

neil: my trains🤪😎😏
yes

by human i think February 3, 2023

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Driver Dan's Story Train

Driver Dan's Story Train (Arabic: كابتن كريم وقطار الحكايات, Captain Karim Qitar Al Hekayat (Captain Karim and the Story Train)) is a children's series created and designed by Rebecca Elgar and is a co-production between Two Four 54 in the United Arab Emirates and 3Line Media in the United Kingdom.1 It was the first CGI animated/live-action property to be produced in both English and Arabic, which each have its own separate versions of the program.2

Its first series was launched on CBeebies on 9 January 2010. It was shown by Sprout, CBeebies, and ABC2.

Sprout, the first 24-hour preschool destination available on TV, on demand and online for kids ages 2-5 and their parents and caregivers, will premiere Driver Dan's Story Train (produced by twofour54) exclusively in the U.S. on Monday, November 1 at 6:30 p.m. ET with the voice of Pat Monahan, lead singer for the multiplatinum band Train, as lead character Driver Dan.

by Wendysfg July 26, 2023

model trains

To be model trains for someone means to be happy about their situation. It is the opposite of being jealous or envious. If someone does better than you in a competition or such, you could feel jealous of their result, to instead be happy for them regardles of your own result would be to be model trains for them.

Wow, your house is so nice, I am model trains for you.

I wish I could travel too, but I'm model trains about your upcoming trip.

by Edvinhp July 5, 2022

The A-Train

The sassy train.

"Get off the A-Train" means to stoop being so sassy.

When the sass is unreal, you must get of the A-Train

by swervegang784 April 21, 2013