cheap thrill
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Noun
cheap thrill (plural cheap thrills)
- (idiomatic) Something simple done for pleasure
- 2017, Haley Hughey in NWA, Many Northwest Arkansas Gun Shops Oppose Full Automatic Loophole
- Gun shop owned said people get them for all different reasons like saving money and getting a cheap thrill.
- 1990, Anne Dean, David Mamet: Language as Dramatic Action
- Rather than fulfilling its original function as an integral part of an emotional relationship, sex is for them little more than a cheap thrill, something that men "do" to women and for which women should be grateful.
- 2017, Haley Hughey in NWA, Many Northwest Arkansas Gun Shops Oppose Full Automatic Loophole