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painting rocks

idiom

pointless or futile work organised by the government, supposedly to increase employment but in fact merely disguising the unemployment level.

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Related idioms2entries
  1. 01

    hit the rocks

    To reach a low point in one's pursuits.

  2. 02

    kick rocks

    To leave or run away; to skedaddle; to waste one's own time (with some other meaningless task) rather than waste the speaker's time with something equally irritating or pointless. (often used imperatively and dismissively).

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