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He really needs to find himself a summer jobMy son has been
idle for weeks. He really needs to find himself a summer job.
Our city's buses are sitting
idle today due to a strike by maintenance workers.
The city's road crew has been
idled by poor weather.
The factories have been
idle for weeks now due to the strike.
His frequent
idleness at work eventually cost him his job.
They chatted
idly about their children while they waited for their bus.
The plane
idled on the runway while they waited for permission to take off.
Don't leave the car
idling too long; it's a waste of gas.
We talked
idly for about twenty minutes until the train came.
These
idle secretaries do nothing all day but sit around and gossip.
I can't sit
idly by while you do all the work. Please let me help you.
Floyd Dell once suggested that
idleness is not doing nothing.
Idleness is being free to do anything.
Thomas Jefferson once advised, Determine never to be
idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Benjamin Franklin once observed that it is the working man who is the happy man. It is the
idle man who is the miserable man.
The Buddha taught that to be
idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are
idle, wise people are diligent.
An old saying tells us that an
idle brain is the devil's workshop.
A Gaelic proverb warns that evil thoughts often come from
idleness.
A Dutch proverb warns that poverty is the reward of
idleness.
In less than ten minutes an
idling car will produce double the pollution of a car that is turned off and then restarted.
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