| 单词 | jobs for the boys |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjobs for the boys P4. jobs for the boys: preferential treatment (as by the securing of appointments) for one's supporters or favourites; a situation characterized by such treatment. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > for one's favourites jobs for the boys1910 1897 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 23 Dec. 4/2 While it would be a good thing to confine the census to this mere enumeration of people, it is not at all likely it will be so confined. If the full line of work is not attempted, there will be no jobs for the boys in the bureau. The principal aim seems to be to secure the places.] 1910 B. B. Lindsey & H. J. O'Higgins Beast x. 181 We should have used the surplus to provide ‘jobs for the boys’, as the other courts did. 1950 D. Christie & C. Christie His Excellency i. i It's just a political racket—Jobs for the Boys. 1999 Independent 3 Feb. i. 8/6 Mr Ruffley said that from the answer, ‘it looks like jobs for the boys and cronyism’. < as lemmas |
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