lazy man's load



lazy man's load

A large amount that should be carried over multiple trips, but which a person tries to carry all at once in order to avoid making a second trip. Stop trying to take a lazy man's load—take two trips to bring the groceries in or you'll end up breaking something.
See also: lazy, load

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
May[mei]
Pancraziopahn-KRAH-tsyoItalian
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
RosemaryROZ-mə-reeEnglish
Sostrate-Ancient Greek
RossRAWS (English)Scottish, English