time on one's hands

An interval with nothing to do; see under on one's hands; time hangs heavy.

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Related Words for time on one's hands

stagnation, lethargy, torpor, dormancy, torpidity, slothfulness, slouch, idleness, sloth, leisure, loafing, shiftlessness, stupor, slowness, truancy, indolence, inertness, inertia, trifling, dawdling