time on one's hands
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I am afraid that it is rather short, but one has very little time on one's hands in the trenches, I find.
From Letters from France by Mack, Isaac Alexander
It has nothing to do with being idle, or having time on one's hands, although it does involve a certain sense of free space about one, as we shall see anon.
From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Lee, Vernon
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