Idiom
sit on one's ass
Vulgar
Meaning
To be very lazy and idle, especially when immediate action is required.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop sitting on your ass and help me clean the kitchen.”
“While the rest of the team worked hard to finish the project, he just sat on his ass and watched.”
“Instead of sitting on his ass while the company faced a financial crisis, the manager should have been actively seeking new solutions.”
Examples
simple
“Stop sitting on your ass and help me clean the kitchen.”
contextual
“While the rest of the team worked hard to finish the project, he just sat on his ass and watched.”
complex
“Instead of sitting on his ass while the company faced a financial crisis, the manager should have been actively seeking new solutions.”
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