pen-pusher

Rather that than the arid scratchings of the bureaucratic Brussels pen-pusher.
Mieux vaut cela que les coups dans l’eau des ronds-de-cuir de Bruxelles.
I was going to give my opinion, but the look on my boss' face petrified me. The message was clear: "Who cares what a mere pen-pusher thinks?"
J'allais donner mon avis, mais le regard de mon patron m'a pétrifié. Le message était clair : « Qui se soucie de ce que pense un simple gratte-papier ? »
He was just a pen-pusher to start with, but he'd become head of the department in less than a year.
Il n'était au départ qu'un gratte-papier, mais en moins d'un an, il était devenu chef du département.
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