sofa government
n.— «“People want to know how you’re going to approach the making of decisions,”” Brown said on BBC’s “Sunday AM’” program on July 1. “This is not, what some people call, sofa government.”» —“Brown, Seeking to Rebuild Trust, Plans U.K. Constitution Change” by Robert Hutton Bloomberg.com July 2, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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Lizzie calls from Bromgrove in the West Midlands of England to ask about the phrase Would you jump in my grave as quick? She remembers hearing friends say it when, for example, someone took their nice warm spot on the sofa when they got up to make a...