lay down on the job

lay down on the job
lie down on the job & lay down on the job
Fig. to do one's job poorly or not at all. (

Lay

is a common error for

lie.

) •

Tom was fired because he was laying down on the job.

You mean he was lying down on the job, don't you?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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