na. | 1. feed at the public trough; enjoy the emolument of office without merit; entrench oneself in a position and do no useful work; get pay without doing any work; hold a sinecure job and eat white rice; hold down a job without doing a stroke of work; hold on to one's post while doing nothing; occupy a post without doing a stroke of work; neglect the duties of an office while taking the pay; take pay but neglect the office |
