time hangs heavy

Idioms and Phrases

Also, time hangs heavy on one's hands . Time passes slowly, as in She adjusted quite well to the nursing home, except that she says time hangs heavy on her hands . This metaphoric term, first recorded in the late 1760s, likens the passage of time to a burdensome weight.

Example Sentences

Play is the resource of none but men whose time hangs heavy on their hands.

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An occasional caller may come to pay his or her visit; but otherwise the time hangs heavy on her hands.

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Now Time hangs heavy on his hands; yet for most things he cannot find Time!

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Because time hangs heavy on my hands, and the chess-board has ceased to have any attraction.

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And time hangs heavy on a fellow's hands, after he has lost her society.

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