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painting rocks

Noun
Australia idiomatic uncountable
Japanese Meaning
(オーストラリアのイディオム)政府が雇用促進をうたって行うが、実際には無意味で効果のない作業。失業率の隠蔽を目的として、雇用を増やすふりをするための形式的な仕事としての意味。
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コミュニティの芸術活動として始まったものは、すぐに政府が組織した形だけの雇用対策に過ぎなくなり、失業を減らす役には立たなかった。

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(Australia, idiomatic) pointless or futile work organised by the government, supposedly to increase employment but in fact merely disguising the unemployment level.

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painting rocks

What began as a community art initiative soon became nothing more than government-organized painting rocks, a symbolic effort that did nothing to reduce joblessness.

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What began as a community art initiative soon became nothing more than government-organized painting rocks, a symbolic effort that did nothing to reduce joblessness.

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