make-work project

make-work project

A project with little value intended primarily to keep one busy. ("Make-work" is a name for such work, similar to "busywork.") A: "Why are you sorting all this paperwork?" B: "Ugh, it's some make-work project the boss has come up with to keep me occupied for the next couple of weeks."
See also: project
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • send (someone or something) from (some place)
  • send from
  • on its feet
  • call off
  • known quantity
  • keep (someone) in the loop
  • pill
  • in the loop
  • be in the loop
  • loop