jobsworth

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Определение jobsworth в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A minor clerical worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer

disapproval If you refer to someone as a jobsworth, you are criticizing them for using the rules connected to their job as an excuse not to be helpful. A surly jobsworth alerted security. someone who follows the rules of their job too exactly without using any imagination

{i} official who inattentively supports unimportant rules, insignificant bureaucrat

Связанные Термины

jobsworths

plural of jobsworth

Этимология

() From the phrase "It's more than my job's worth to ..."