bean counter
Example Sentences
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Mr. Glassman might be an effective bean counter, but that is not nearly enough to justify his having a seat on the Maryland Board of Public Works.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022
Why not name it for an astronomer, the way other space missions — Hubble, Kepler — have been, instead of a bean counter?
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
It would not bother me in the least to give my niece the higher amount, because I’m not a bean counter.
From Slate ● May 26, 2021
There no bean counter with a backbone stiff enough to hold the reins.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2019
A Louisville native, he earned degrees in finance and accounting at Western Kentucky University and wanted nothing more than to be a bean counter.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2017
