Laziness
91out of one's blood — {adv. phr.} Separate from one s feelings, interests, or desires. * /When Tom moved to the city, he couldn t get the country out of his blood./ * /Mary is having a hard job getting summer laziness out of her blood./ Contrast: IN ONE S BLOOD …
92burn up — {v.} 1. To burn completely; destroy or be destroyed by fire. * /Mr. Scott was burning up old letters./ * /The house burned up before the firemen got there./ 2. {informal} To irritate, anger, annoy. * /The boy s laziness and rudeness burned up his …
93get one's goat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make a person disgusted or angry. * /The boy s laziness all summer got his father s goat./ * /The slow service at the cafe got Mr. Robinson s goat./ …
94give a pain — {v. phr.}, {slang} To make (you) disgusted; annoy. * /Ann s laziness gives her mother a pain./ * /John s bad manners give his teacher a pain./ Compare: PAIN IN THE NECK …
95out of one's blood — {adv. phr.} Separate from one s feelings, interests, or desires. * /When Tom moved to the city, he couldn t get the country out of his blood./ * /Mary is having a hard job getting summer laziness out of her blood./ Contrast: IN ONE S BLOOD …
96acedia — n. 1. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins). Syn: sloth, laziness [WordNet 1.5] …
97Arctopitheus ai — Sloth Sloth, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. [1913 Webster] These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Disinclination to… …
98Arrant — Ar rant, a. [OE. erraunt, errant, errand, equiv. to E. errant wandering, which was first applied to vagabonds, as an errant rogue, an errant thief, and hence passed gradually into its present and worse sense. See {Errant}.] Notoriously or pre[… …
99aswail — Sloth Sloth, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. [1913 Webster] These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Disinclination to… …
100Australian sloth — Sloth Sloth, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. [1913 Webster] These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Disinclination to… …
