avoir un poil dans la main
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avoir un poil dans la main
A verb phrase is a group of words that functions as a verb in a sentence to convey an action, condition, or state (e.g., jeter un sort, avoir faim).
1. (idiom) (to be inactive)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. to be lazy
Le commis est toujours en retard. Il a un poil dans la main, celui-là.The clerk's always late. He's lazy, that one.
b. to not lift a finger (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Mon colocataire n’aide jamais à nettoyer l’appartement. Il a un poil dans la main.My roommate never helps clean the apartment. He doesn't lift a finger.
c. to be bone idle (idiom) (United Kingdom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom.
Ces types sont-ils crevés ou ont-ils un poil dans la main ?Are these blokes knackered, or are they bone idle?
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