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

Though the national unemployment rate remains low, there are roughly 700,000 more Americans out of work than a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

During her recovery, she had also lost her job transporting medical supplies and was out of work.

From The Wall Street Journal

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