Fat profit, easy money, haul; broth, skimmed fat (literal). An expressive, colloquial noun that operates on two distinct levels. Literally, it refers to the rich fat, scum, or concentrated broth that rises to the top of a pot when boiling meat or fish. In slang, it serves as a vivid metaphor for easy, often illicit or highly lucrative profit, a big financial markup, or the “cream” skimmed off a business deal.
А дело оказалось вот в чем… в 2005 году я имел глупость и занялся покупкой ноутбуков, давал рекламу и покупал при обращении людей, после продавал ноутбуки в магазины с своим небольшим наваром.
And the thing was… in 2005 I was foolish enough to start buying laptops, put out ads, and buy from people who contacted me, then sell the laptops to stores for a small profit.
(vturme.ru, 06/2010)
