sofa government
noun [ U ] UK informal uk/ˈsəʊ.fə ˌɡʌv.ən.mənt/ us/ˈsoʊ.fə ˌɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
沙发政治,沙发政府(指领导人经常听取与其关系密切的非官方人士的意见)
a way of governing a country in which a leader often takes advice from an unofficial group of people who are close to him or her
He criticized Blair's style of "sofa government" in which Cabinet colleagues were frequently sidelined and ignored. 他批评了布莱尔的"沙发政府",因为这种政治风格,内阁成员经常受排挤、被忽视。