Before I knew it, there is still one month left in 2019. Are you still sticking to the goals set at the beginning of the year?
365 days a year except for working every day on weekends, it is inevitable that you don’t want to work and be lazy: “Oh~ It’s another new week, and the work is too annoying”……
. In the past, we called [passive slack work], but now we all call it “slutty fishing”. Then how do you say "fishing" to foreigners? You can't say touch fish!
What do you say about "studying" when working?
In fact, "studying" at work, in our down-to-earth plain words, it means not working hard, being lazy and being sloppy, and being a waste of time.
1.mess around
Wandering at work✘ | Lazy work✔
Analysis: mess around has a waste of time; it means to be confused, slutty (lazy), and mess up.
Example sentences:
✅They're messing around and playing games at work.
They stumble around and play games at work.
✅Come on, you guys, start doing some work; don't just mess around all day!
OK, you guys, start doing something, don't be idle all day.
mess around can also mean [nonsense]: If someone is messing around, they are behaving in a joking or silly way.
Example sentence:
✅Stop messing around and listen to me!
Stop messing around, listen to me!
Stop messing around, listen to me!
2.loaf on the job
Wandering at work✘ | Lazy work✔
Analysis: loaf means "wandering" and "wandering". If it is described at work, it means lazy work and taking a break.
Related phrases:
loaf on the job 未分类
on the loaf 未分类 未分类
loaf on being a diner
Example sentences:
✅Some of my colleagues smoked down there loaf on the job.
Several colleagues took a break and went to smoke.
✅Do not loaf on the job in the office!
Do not idle in the office!
3. underwork
Underwork✘ | Save labor and do less work✔ | For... sloppy ✔
parsing : underwork does not mean "underwork" but rather means doing less work, not doing the right job, being careless, hasty, and slack.
Related phrases:
underwork a committee slack work committee
underwork a machine Not fully utilized a machine
underwork a painting sloppy drawing
Example sentences:
✅His underwork looked nothing like the Renoirs in museums.
His works are not like the Renault in museums.
4. slack off
Loosen, relax (rope)✘ | Loose, lazy, slack ✔
Analysis: Slack off In fact, there are two different meanings: first, "relax", used for verbs. (What we are learning today is another meaning of it)
✅As soon as the public mood becomes clear, organized pressures began to slack off somewhat.
Once people clearly see the public's mood, the organized pressure begins to ease a little.
Related phrases:
Slack off the sail Relax the sail
Slack Off A Little Relax a little
Second, "sloppy", lazy, relax. In the workplace, many people do not do their best to work, but take the opportunity to "take fish in troubled waters" .
Example sentence:
✅Don't slack off in your study.
Don't be lazy in learning.
✅I don't like my job, but I never slack off.
I don't like my job, but I never slack off.
5.goof off
日朘 | Escape work and stumble life ✘ ✘
parsing: goof-off. It is a noun, note that there is an hyphen in the middle, which usually refers to "a person who usually evades work orresponsibility". The verb expression is "goof off" and there are no hyphens.
goof means "loose and stupid". If combined with off, it means being a waste of time. To match around is to do nothing and do stupid things to make fun of.
Example sentence:
✅Are you going to goof off everyday ?
Do you plan to live a day?
✅A goof - off will never achieve anything.
idle people will never achieve anything.
In English expression, lazy people are "goof-off", and their verb expression is "goof off". In life, we cannot be lazy and sloppy, but must have the courage to take on our own responsibilities and accomplish what we should do.
A survey in the United States stated that 85% of human resources managers believe that the tidyer a person’s desk is, the more trustworthy it is. Because the desk is well organized, the time spent on finding documents and notepads will be reduced, and the work efficiency will be greatly improved. Excellent workplace people, stop taking advantage of the troubled waters, take action quickly!
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