one-euro job
n.— «They often deride one-euro jobs as “Zwangsarbeit,” the German word for forced work that evokes Nazi labor camps.» —“A rude ’05 awakening for Germans” by Carter Dougherty in Frankfurt, Germany International Herald Tribune Dec. 28, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The German phrase Der Bus hält an jeder Milchkanne literally translates as “The bus stops at every milk can,” and refers to a bus that stops at every little out-of-the-way town. This is part of a complete episode.
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