Examples of 'off the backs' in a sentence

Meaning of "off the backs"

off the backs: This phrase is often used idiomatically to mean benefiting or gaining an advantage at the expense of others. It implies that the success or advantage is achieved by exploiting or taking advantage of someone else's efforts

How to use "off the backs" in a sentence

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off the backs
Off the backs of all of his artists.
But he is doing it off the backs of the employees.
Off the backs of people who are suffering.
Wealth was built off the backs of others.
Off the backs of creative people.
Making money off the backs of the poor.
Off the backs of our kids.
Is to keep the government off the backs of the people.
Built off the backs of people like us.
A pampered parasite living off the backs of the poor.
Off the backs of Black people and yellow people.
To make a good living off the backs of bad people.
Off the backs of young sailors serving their country on liberty in a crooked game?
Vendors sold goods off the backs of their bicycles.
Off the backs of young sailors Cash? serving their country on liberty in a crooked game?

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Employers get rich off the backs of illegal immigrants.
Sounds like you're generating revenue off the backs of us.
Government off the backs of the people.
Look at the cartoonish amount of steam rising off the backs of them rolls.
By raking it off the backs of their suffering people.
Men like you have made a lot of money off the backs of men like me.
Off the Backs of the Children ” A group of talibés study the Quran in their daara.
He reaped this wealth off the backs of thousands of workers.
Off the backs of our kids. This plan, in short, will get big tobacco.
The people making money off the backs of the poor.
Cash? Off the backs of young sailors.
But these profits are produced off the backs of the workers.
Ah, off the backs of the comrades?
Not if they are going to make money off the backs of people who are suffering.
She is making money off the backs of very vulnerable people.
Back home it 's the silk-clad, high-born feeding off the backs of the lowly.
Debt karma and living off the backs of the future generations is unacceptable.
It has long been argued that Wal-Mart profits off the backs of its employees.
You have gotten fat off the backs of taxpayers for years.
The NDP would raise billions in new revenue off the backs of Canadian families.
A ruthless parasite who lives off the backs of the workers he exploits.
Great way to make a profit off the backs of others!
Large scissors are used to cut off the backs of the sheep 's thigh region.
It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people …”.
Their rapid rise in profits has been off the backs of those experiencing harm.
We are gonna generate some revenue off the backs of these moron players.
The way the rich get rich off the backs of the poor.
All the wealty got their money off the backs of the working poor.
Only there, they do it off the backs of motorboats.
And you would win it off the backs of my people!
Made off of your backs and off the backs of your family!
They are the ones who wanted to profit off the backs of the peasants and city-dwellers!
You know how he does it? Off the backs of all of his artists.
They are not " making money " off the backs of the other artists.
Serving their country, on liberty, Cash off the backs of young sailors.

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We watch your backs you watch ours
He backs up his word with solid gold
And broke our backs and sunk us
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