Common Phrases

1. Cheat sheet - A sheet of paper containing notes used to assist on a test.
2. Dead tree edition - Paper version of a publication that can be found on-line.
3. Desk jockey - One who spends his or her time seated at a desk.
4. Hang paper - To write a bad check.
5. No comment -  An "official" refusal to relay any further information, as a response to a newspaper reporter's question.
6. Noughts and crosses - A pen and paper game.
7. Paper trail - A written record, history or collection of evidence.
8. Pencil pusher -  One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.
9. Stop press -  The event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.
10. Way out of a paper bag -  A minimal level of competence or effectiveness, as used in phrases where one is unable to perform such.
11. Yellow journalism - Material published in a broadcast or periodical, such as a tabloid newspaper or magazine, which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.
12. Yellow press - Newspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.

Adapted from: http://www.phrases.net