busman's holiday leisure Idiom
at leisure
when one has free time在空余之时
I am quite at leisure if you want me to do anything for you.你要是需要我帮忙,我完全有空。
Please look through the manuscript at you leisure.请在闲暇的时候把这份稿子看一下。
at (one's) leisure
when one has free time在空余之时
I am quite at leisure if you want me to do anything for you.你要是需要我帮忙,我完全有空。
Please look through the manuscript at you leisure.请在闲暇的时候把这份稿子看一下。
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
If you get married too quickly, you may spend all your life regretting it.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
if you marry too quickly, you have the rest of your life to regret it!
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
There is a lot of time to regret if you wed in a hurry.
at leisure|leisure
adj. or
adv. phr. 1. Not at work; not busy; with free time; at rest.
Come and visit us some evening when you're at leisure. 2. or at one's leisure When and how you wish at your convenience; without hurry.
John made the model plane at his leisure. You may read the book at your leisure.
at one's leisure
at one's leisure Whenever one wishes, at one's convenience, as in
At your leisure, please look over this manuscript and give me your comments. [1400s] Also see
at leisure.
leisure
leisure see
at leisure;
at one's leisure.
a busman's holiday
slang A vacation in which one does an action that is agnate to one's job (as in the case of a bus driver, or "busman," who drives on his vacation). Because I'm a docent, visiting museums on vacation is like a busman's anniversary for me.Learn more: holidaybusman's anniversary leisure
time spent accomplishing article agnate to what one does at work. (Alludes to a bus disciplinarian activity on a bus bout for his vacation or on a day off.) Tutoring acceptance in the black is a busman's anniversary for our English teacher. It's a bit of a busman's anniversary to ask her to be apparel bedmate for our abecedarian assembly in the summer. She's a able dressmaker.Learn more: holiday, leisure
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