Work expands to fill the time available for its completion
A proverb coined by the twentieth-century British scholar C. Northcote Parkinson, known as Parkinson's Law. It points out that people usually take all the time allotted (and frequently more) to accomplish any task.
Words Nearby Work expands to fill the time available for its completion
- worker participation
- worker-priest
- workers' compensation insurance
- workers' cooperative
- work ethic
- Work expands to fill the time available for its completion
- workfare
- work farm
- workflow
- workfolk
- workforce
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