Bum around
Hi,
When you’re at work and your colleague is just sitting at the computer surfing on the Internet instead of doing his share of work, would you say one of these?
“He’s just bumming around and I have to take care of everything myself.”
“He’s just twiddling his thumbs and I have to take care of everything myself.”
Perhaps you can think of more options.
Thank you.
Top answer
"Bumming around" means being unemployed. "Twiddling his thumbs" means doing nothing. "
- "Bumming around" means being unemployed.
- "Twiddling his thumbs" means doing nothing.
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"Bumming around" means being unemployed. "Twiddling his thumbs" means doing nothing.
In the given situation, you might say: "He's surfing the internet on company time, and I've got to do all the work."
0Ann225“He’s just bumming around and I have to take care of everything myself.”
In British English you could replace the highlighted word with messing.
Ann225“He’s just twiddling his thumbs and I have to take care of everything my
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