dirt shoveling 

Work which achieves no useful purpose but is mandated as some kind of political requirement in order to achieve some actual objective.

It'd be a 5 minute job if it weren't for all the dirt shoveling.

dirt shoveling by _cjd September 5, 2017

Shoveling Dirt 

Shoveling dirt is a man masturbating, using his own shit for lube.

Greg was waiting for Barbie for so long, that he spent two years shoveling dirt until she could get her green card.

Shoveling Dirt by SargentMac July 6, 2011

Shoveling Dirt 

Dealing heroin

I saw my boy G shoveling dirt to some mexican niggaz the other day

Shoveling Dirt by el sucio guapo September 20, 2014