[Idiom] how to use push paper in a sentence

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there are idioms related to and relevant to working and papers. on of them is push paper another one is a paper chase. in the following sentences, I will give you examples and meaning of them.
push paper

Example 1?What do you do for a livingNothing, I just sit on my bottom and spend all day, pushing paper, and using my God-given right to shoot the breeze.Shoot the breeze: have a conversation.When Sina and I get together we start shooting the breeze for over 5 hours


A PAPER CHASE



After a tiring paper chase at the university finally the dean signed my certificate and I got it.Dean: the head of a university
source: delinglish.com
 
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There are idioms related to and relevant to working and papers. One of them is "push paper". Another one is "a paper chase". In the following sentences, I will give you examples and the meanings of them.

Push paper

Example 1.

What do you do for a living? Nothing, I just sit on my bottom and spend all day (no comma here) pushing paper, and using my God-given right to shoot the breeze.

S
hoot the breeze: have a conversation.

When Sina and I get together, we [STRIKE]start[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]shooting[/STRIKE] shoot the breeze for over 5 hours.


A paper chase


After a tiring paper chase at the university, [STRIKE]finally[/STRIKE] the dean finally signed my certificate and I got it.

Dean: the head of a university
Source: delinglish.com

Note my corrections above. You need to work on your layout, capitalisation and punctuation.
 
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