shake the pagoda tree
To find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period.
pagoda
/pəˈɡoʊ.də/
noun 5
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noun
1
A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.
2
An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol.
3
A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
[T]he Mahrattas having offered Alimerdy Khan his liberty for a lak of Pagodas; he does in the Nabob's name desire that the Governor of Madras would receive jewels and money to that amount into his custody, […]
I, in about two hours, notwithstanding the utmost caution, found myself minus upwards of six hundred pagodas […] .
4
An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden.
5
A pagoda sleeve.
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On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.
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[T]he Mahrattas having offered Alimerdy Khan his liberty for a lak of Pagodas; he does in the Nabob's name desire that the Governor of Madras would receive jewels and money to that amount into his cus
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I, in about two hours, notwithstanding the utmost caution, found myself minus upwards of six hundred pagodas […] .
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That is a pagoda.
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That's a pagoda.
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He lives near a pagoda.
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