government stroke

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von government stroke im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers.Australian Broadcasting Commission Radio National Lingua Franca program, 24 August 2002

Why not just leave things as they are and say, We are going to run this government organisation efficiently; we are going to make sure that the government stroke has disappeared, that the managers are on the ball and that the customers get good service.

In the days when Australia was a penal colony, the amount work that a convict was required to complete each day.Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore (1996), ISBN 1-86046-150-6

Silbentrennung

gov·ern·ment stroke

Türkische aussprache

gʌvırmınt strōk

Aussprache

/ˈgəvərmənt ˈstrōk/ /ˈɡʌvɜrmənt ˈstroʊk/