1. out of work
If the factory closes down, over 2,000 people will be out of work.
He had never been out of work for more than a month. what do we call people who are out of work? unemployed
He has been out of work for months.
He's such a lazybones - he's been out of work for three months now, and he hasn't done anything about it yet.
I'm out of work at the moment.
He lost his job last year and he's been out of work ever since
he is out of work
Anglais mot "niepracujący"(out of work) se produit dans des ensembles:
Słówka o pracy2. idle
I have been idle the whole day. I think it's time I went out for some exercise.
If you are idle, be not solitary, if you are solitary, be not idle.
be idle
My brother used to idle away many hours lying on the grass.
In the evening the idle man begins to be busy.
John is so idle, all he does all day is watch TV and play computer games.
Do not idle away your youth or you will regret it later.
"assembly lines standing idle for lack of spare parts"
usy people are happy people, so that is the reason why I do not like to be idle at work.
He's a very able student, he's just bone idle (= very lazy).
It’s no idle boast: in 2015 he did, after all, become only the second comic ever to win Melbourne’s Barry
Half these factories now stand idle.; It's crazy to have £7,000 sitting idle in the bank. An idle moment or period of time is one in which there is no work or activity - If you have an idle moment, call me.
Let's not spend the entire evening in idle chitchat.
Our teacher has often told us not to idle away our time.
They stood idle, instead of putting their shoulder to the wheel.