lazy bum
Frequency: 8.025.1 per million words
A derogatory term for a lazy person. Especially common in American English.
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- Get up and do something, you lazy bum!
- My brother is such a lazy bum; he never helps with chores.
- He used to be a productive employee, but now he's just a lazy bum.
- Are you going to be a lazy bum all summer, or will you get a job?
- His father called him a lazy bum and told him to find work.
- I feel like a lazy bum today; I haven't even gotten out of my pajamas.
- If you keep sleeping until noon, people will start thinking you're a lazy bum.
- The manager was tired of his excuses and finally fired the lazy bum.
- Those lazy bums have been sitting on the couch all day playing video games.
- She doesn't want to marry a lazy bum who can't hold down a job.