get pay without doing any work; hold a sinecure; hold an office without doing a stroke of work
❍ 大臣似此～，政事安得不坏！(姚雪垠《李自成》 Ⅱ—694) Naturally the government is tottering when the highest ministers like you hold office doing nothing.
尸位素餐
hold an office and enjoy all the privileges without doing a stroke of work
尸位素餐shī wèi sù cān
尸位：占着位置不做事；素餐：吃闲饭。比喻官吏身居官位却不做事，无所作为。hold down a job without doing a stroke of work, hold a sinecure, feed at the public trough