Definition of jobsworth in English:

jobsworth

noun ˈdʒɒbzwəːθ

British informal

An official who upholds petty rules even at the expense of humanity or common sense.
parks abound with jobsworths who delight in yelling that you can't do that without special permission
Example sentencesExamples
- But in the congratulating throng, a jobsworth barred him from the hallowed ground.
- Why am I cursed with supporting a club full of losers and jobsworths?
- He appears to have won that battle because fire safety officers are much more sensible, but there is no defeating the jobsworth.
- I resent some jobsworth thinking I'd blagged my way on to the practice ground.
- If he had been a jobsworth he would have gone home but he stayed there for six or eight hours and got no extra pay.
- May I congratulate those jobsworths at Postwatch for saving their own skins by doing nothing.
- I feel as if a day of my working life or living life has been taken away by someone who is a jobsworth.
- Grandmas were unable to visit grandchildren; lovers were separated by the jobsworths at the ‘Bloodcheck’ booths.
- Privacy International reckons jobsworths have become a global menace.
- I fear this is just down to jobsworths and political correctness.
- We wholeheartedly applaud what they are trying to do, and those responsible for this ludicrous decision are just jobsworths.
- This bore was regaling anyone who cared to listen with the story of how an officious jobsworth had refused him admission to some function or other.
- Cynical council tax payers are already pillorying beleaguered jobsworths for wasting their cash.
- Occassionaly you get a jobsworth, but not often.
- Aren't these Sureway jobsworths just a bit vindictive?
- It must have been galling to take orders from jobsworths - to feel useless, just another cog within a cog.
- The bus stopped and we were all told by Eddie to be silent as a military style jobsworth with an unfeasibly large hat looked the bus over.
- The guy behind the counter was the biggest jobsworth you could ever hope to encounter.
- The inference was unambiguous: the parliament was an intrusive, petty-minded bunch of jobsworths, bereft of any credibility.
- Perhaps these plucky jobsworths are all that stands between civilised society and post - rock revolution!

Origin

1970s: from ‘it's more than my job's worth (not) to’.

单词	jobsworth
释义	Definition of jobsworth in English: jobsworth noun ˈdʒɒbzwəːθ British informal An official who upholds petty rules even at the expense of humanity or common sense. parks abound with jobsworths who delight in yelling that you can't do that without special permission Example sentencesExamples But in the congratulating throng, a jobsworth barred him from the hallowed ground. Why am I cursed with supporting a club full of losers and jobsworths? He appears to have won that battle because fire safety officers are much more sensible, but there is no defeating the jobsworth. I resent some jobsworth thinking I'd blagged my way on to the practice ground. If he had been a jobsworth he would have gone home but he stayed there for six or eight hours and got no extra pay. May I congratulate those jobsworths at Postwatch for saving their own skins by doing nothing. I feel as if a day of my working life or living life has been taken away by someone who is a jobsworth. Grandmas were unable to visit grandchildren; lovers were separated by the jobsworths at the ‘Bloodcheck’ booths. Privacy International reckons jobsworths have become a global menace. I fear this is just down to jobsworths and political correctness. We wholeheartedly applaud what they are trying to do, and those responsible for this ludicrous decision are just jobsworths. This bore was regaling anyone who cared to listen with the story of how an officious jobsworth had refused him admission to some function or other. Cynical council tax payers are already pillorying beleaguered jobsworths for wasting their cash. Occassionaly you get a jobsworth, but not often. Aren't these Sureway jobsworths just a bit vindictive? It must have been galling to take orders from jobsworths - to feel useless, just another cog within a cog. The bus stopped and we were all told by Eddie to be silent as a military style jobsworth with an unfeasibly large hat looked the bus over. The guy behind the counter was the biggest jobsworth you could ever hope to encounter. The inference was unambiguous: the parliament was an intrusive, petty-minded bunch of jobsworths, bereft of any credibility. Perhaps these plucky jobsworths are all that stands between civilised society and post - rock revolution! Origin 1970s: from ‘it's more than my job's worth (not) to’.
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