French idioms
What does “Avoir un poil dans la main” mean?
Avoir un poil dans la main
Word for word
To have a hair in one's hand
What it really means
To be extremely lazy, to dodge any effort. It is a good-humoured jab at someone who never does anything.
How we say it in English
To be bone idle
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