out of work

Idioms  

1. Unemployed; also, having no work to do. For example, He lost his job a year ago and has been out of work ever since, or They don't give her enough assignments—she's always out of work. Shakespeare used this expression in Henry V (1:2): “All out of work and cold for action.”

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Example Sentences

The great Zinedine Zidane continues to be out of work four years after leaving Real, but is he still holding out on the France job?

From BBC

One out of six young people in Chinese cities is out of work.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shenfeld said inflation growth is easing and that most Canadians remain employed and continue to spend, even as a smaller group forced out of work pulls back sharply.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sluggish hiring has meant extended searches for people out of work, and there are far fewer job openings per job seeker than earlier in the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal

The shutdown left 15 people out of work, many of them longtime employees.

From Los Angeles Times