English / idiom
Pencil or Paper Pusher
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A bureaucrat or office clerk who deals with routine clerical work without real practical authority.
In context
01
He refused to remain a desk-bound paper pusher and joined field operations instead.
02
Practical solutions are often delayed when bureaucratic pencil pushers demand endless forms.
Synonyms
Bureaucrat,desk jockey,clerical worker
Antonyms
Field operative,frontline worker,innovator
Collocations
Bureaucratic paper pusher,mere pencil pusher,low-level paper pusher