"Dream Merchant", and "one man industry"

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Hallo! Can some one explain to me the meaning of these two phrases particularly when a person is reffered to as - 1- Dream merchant  or 2- Onr man industry Thanks

Ryan smith · Accepted Answer

1 - Someone who sells false promises. Someone who deals in imagination, and whose actual product is not really very good. Possibly a scam artist. "Merchant" is frequently used in a negative way. This is just my opinion. It's a metaphor, so the context is important. Is this the title of a children's book, or the nickname of a drug dealer?

2 - Could be a normal business made and run by one person. Or it could be the only person in the whole world who works in a very specialized business . If I assemble mobile phones in my basement all alone, I could be a one man industry. Or if I'm the only person in the world who etches portraits of famous world leaders onto plasitic CD cases, that entire line business could be called a one man industry.

Hope this helps.

Samka · Answer

I think a "one man industry" refers to an industry built around one person - someone so influential that they should almost be classified as an industry in themselves.

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