hold down a job without doing a stroke of work

hold down a job without doing a stroke of work

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh ī L ù s ù C ā n, which means to get a salary without doing one's duty. From Shuo Yuan Zhi Gong.

Idiom explanation

Corpse salary: empty food salary. Vegetarian food: eat for nothing. It means to get a salary without doing one's duty.

The origin of Idioms

In Shuo Yuan Zhi Gong written by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that "long practice of high position hinders the development of the virtuous people, and the dead have a lot of money and food, so they are insatiable of greed."

Idiom usage

Example Wang Yucheng of Song Dynasty wrote the second table of leaving Xijing at home: "describe the heart of virtue and strength, and reduce the blame."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: steal a meal, no merit antonym: do one's duty