license

be a licence to print money (British & Australian, American)

if a company or activity is a licence to print money, it causes people to become very rich without having to make any effort. These shopping channels are just a licence to print money.

See also: money, print

poetic license

the way in which writers and other artists are allowed to ignore rules or change facts in their work. It's obvious the writer was using a certain amount of poetic licence because the route she mentions has been closed for 50 years.

See also: poetic