cabide de empregos
Portuguese
FWOTD – 5 August 2014
Etymology
Literally: coathanger of jobs.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩ.ˈpɾe.ɡus/
Noun
cabide de empregos m (plural cabides de empregos)
- an organisation that exists primarily to provide useless jobs
- 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116:
- Por isso serve de cabide de empregos para apadrinhados políticos.
- For this reason it serves as a coathanger of jobs for political protégés.
- Por isso serve de cabide de empregos para apadrinhados políticos.
- 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116:
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