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a rubber stamp
USUK
a person or body that approves decisions without really questioning them
Also a verb: 'to rubber-stamp a decision'. It is negative: real checking is missing.
In context
Critics say the parliament is just a rubber stamp for the president.
The committee was meant to review the plan, not act as a rubber stamp.
More idioms about politics
- a double standarda rule applied more strictly to one group than to another
- a grey areaa situation where the rules are unclear, so nobody is sure what is allowed
- a hidden agendaa secret reason or plan behind what someone says or does
- a hot potatoa difficult issue that people disagree about and nobody wants to deal with
- a lame ducka politician or government with little real power, often near the end of a term in office