not do a stroke (of work)



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not do a stroke (of work)

To not do any work at all. Now that Jim's retired, he just spends all day on the couch watching television. He won't do a stroke of work around the house! I'm going to have a long night ahead with this term paper, as I haven't done a stroke up till now.
See also: not, stroke

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JezJEZEnglish (British)
Gallagher['gæləhə]
Roxannarahk-SAN-əEnglish
Serafeim-Greek
Akioah-kee-oJapanese
AstridAH-strid (Swedish), AH-stree (Norwegian), AHS-trit (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French