watcher

Related to watcher: Wachter

clock-watcher

One who often checks the time during an activity or event, as due to boredom and/or a desire to leave. He's a total clock-watcher, so I doubt that he likes his job.

Who is watching the watchers?

cliché Who makes sure that those in the highest positions of power or authority remain accountable? Derived from a loose translation of the Latin phrase quis custodiet ipsos custodes from the ancient Roman poet and satirist Juvenal. The military junta seized power, claiming its aim was to protect the nation from the corrupt government. Now, of course, the question is, who is watching the watchers? The oversight committee is made up of business people who directly benefit from the sort of immoral practices the committee is meant to be preventing. So, who is watching the watchers?
See also: watch, who

Who watches the watchers?

cliché Who makes sure that those in the highest positions of power or authority remain accountable? Derived from a loose translation of the Latin phrase quis custodiet ipsos custodes from the ancient Roman poet and satirist Juvenal. The military junta seized power, claiming its aim was to protect the nation from the corrupt government. Now, of course, the question is, who watches the watchers? The oversight committee is made up of business people who directly benefit from the sort of immoral practices the committee is meant to be preventing. So, who watches the watchers?
See also: watch, who
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

clock-watcher

someone -- a worker or a student -- who is always looking at the clock, anticipating when something will be over. There are four clock-watchers in our office. People who don't like their jobs can turn into clockwatchers.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

bird watcher

n. a girl watcher; someone, usually a man, who enjoys watching women go by. You bird watchers should just mind your own business!
See also: bird, watcher

clock watcher

n. someone—a worker or a student—who is always looking at the clock. People who don’t like their jobs can turn into clock watchers.
See also: clock, watcher
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • clock watcher
  • clock-watcher
  • be out of (one's) mind with (something)
  • be/go out of your mind
  • boredom
  • set the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • put the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • move the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • turn the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • punch a/the clock
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UTV fans have been wondering why the weather watchers have disappeared from our screens.
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In some instances, nonprofits use independent parties to do things like conduct an objective analysis of a charity watcher's score or to model a situation to identify the true drivers of a low score.
Cyber-voyeurs: here's how to watch the charity watchers
In announcing the decision to reject the appeal, Ronan Keane, chairman of the body, said that he and fellow panel members Jeremy Hughes and Michael Doyle were "quite satisfied" that the acting stewards on the day were correct in reaching their decision to relegate Wait Watcher in favour of Silk Blossom.
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