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out of work
Idioms and Phrases
Unemployed; also, having no work to do. For example, He lost his job a year ago and has been out of work ever since , or They don't give her enough assignments鈥攕he's always out of work . Shakespeare used this expression in Henry V (1:2): 鈥淎ll out of work and cold for action.鈥Example Sentences
"It's not big but it's home," says the 30-year-old who's lived here for three years, drifting in and out of work as a chef.
Two M&S workers told the BBC they were concerned about pay because they were unable to clock in and out of work and could not access staff apps.
The computing power this requires sucks water from a parched earth and puts entire creative industries out of work.
Hackman shot to fame in Bonnie and Clyde at the end of the 60s and was rarely out of work - in films like The French Connection, Mississippi Burning and Superman.
Though he was out of work for a year, he said Girardi kept him on at full salary.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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