time burglar



time burglar

A person or thing that distracts or takes time from more useful or productive activities. I'm trying to catch up on work after being out sick, but my inbox is such a time burglar. I'll call my mom back later—she can be a real time burglar, and I need to finish up this essay.
See also: time

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jaleh-Persian
BogdanBAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Lale-Turkish
Blake[bleik]
Iesha-African American (Modern)
Goizeder-Basque