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TIRER FLANC [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
Key term(s)
  • goof off
  • goof-off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
DEF

Pour un salarié, se dérober à ses responsabilités pendant les heures de travail en s'attardant, en perdant son temps, en s'absentant de son poste sans raison ou en s'occupant à des choses inutiles.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
CONT

as he was late returning to the district the sergeant suggested he was swinging the lead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers
OBS

expression qui vient du langage militaire et qui signifie ne rien faire, travailler le moins possible.

Spanish

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