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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 gold·brick /ˈgol(d)ˌbrɪk/
 (vi.)稱病,欺詐,偷懶假金磚,贗品,懶漢

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 goldbrick
      n 1: a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or
           effort
      2: an idle worthless person [syn: goof-off, ne'er-do-well,
         good-for-nothing, good-for-naught]
      3: a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
      4: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be
         worthless
      v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
           inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
           her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
           change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, nobble,
           diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]
      2: avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked
         his duties" [syn: fiddle, shirk, shrink from]