English - Turkish
Definition of pot-boiler in English Turkish dictionary
- potboiler
- {i} para için yazılan kitap
- potboiler
- para amaçlı sanat
- potboiler
- dili yalnız geçim parası kazanmak maksadıyle yazılan kitap veya meydana getirilen sanat eseri
- potboiler
- {i} para için yazılan yazı
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English - English
Definition of pot-boiler in English English dictionary
- A lurid, sensational creative work (book, art, etc) produced merely to earn a living or for profit, as opposed to serious creative expression
No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. The picture the artist paints for love is his greatest work. The pot-boiler is always something to live down.
- potboiler
- disapproval If you describe a book or film as a potboiler, you mean that it has been created in order to earn money quickly and is of poor quality. a book or film that is produced quickly to make money and which is not of very high quality, especially one that is exciting or romantic
- potboiler
- a painting, done simply for money and the means of living
- potboiler
- alternative spelling of pot boiler
- potboiler
- A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp
- potboiler
- a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)
- potboiler
- {i} bad work of art created only for financial gain