makan gaji
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Malay:
makan gaji
Detailed etymology
definitions
verb
- (idiom) to work to earn a living; to work just for the pay
… to hold a job and to mine it for all it’s worth constructively requires something more than just the air of makan gaji.
— 2015 December 6, Wan A Hulaimi. The New Straits Times, "Holding a job should mean more than 'makan gaji'". https://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/12/115727/holding-job-should-mean-more-makan-gaji
noun
- (anthimeria) a wage-earner; a salaryman