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| play games with(verb, expression, play, delay) | |
| take a break(expression, stop, delay, rest) | |
| take life easy(verb, expression, stop, delay) | |
| take time out(expression, stop, delay, rest) | |
| asleep on the job(expression, dull, careless, sluggish) | |
| be a sideliner | |
| be lazy | |
| bring to a screeching halt(verb, expression, stop, hold) | |
| creeping like snail | |
| go dead slow | |
| go to seed(expression, decline, stall, loaf) | |
| having spring fever(expression, adjective, dull, heavy) | |
| in holding pattern(expression, adjective, dull, sluggish) | |
| lie fallow(expression, decline, stall, inaction) | |
| not lift a finger(expression, relax, lazy, slack) | |
| of no avail(expression, adjective, worthless, frivolous) | |
| of no use(expression, weak, stupid, useless) | |
| out of action(expression, adjective, dull, sluggish) | |
| out of employ | |
| out of harness |
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