button pusher
词源说明
In the provoker sense, by a metaphor in which the recipient's emotions can be manipulated on command as if prompted by literal control buttons. Thus also tangentially comparable with a puppet master who is pulling the strings to manipulate puppets.
释义
名词noun
- 1idiomaticSomeone who pushes someone else's buttons: someone who goads, annoys, provokes, etc.
- 2(manufacturing, business, often mildly derogatory) A low-skilled or unskilled worker: someone from whom one can expect little or nothing more than rote pushing of buttons (not showing, for example, critical thinking, insight, or leadership).