Avoir un poil dans la main

Meaning: To be extremely lazy.

Language: French

Literally: To have a hair in the hand

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: French colloquial expression, early 20th century.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• Prendre ses jambes à son cou — To run away very fast.
• Se lever du pied gauche — To wake up in a bad mood.
• Mettre les pieds dans le plat — To put one's foot in it; to say something awkward or blunt.
• avoir des fourmis — Experiencing a tingling or prickling sensation in a limb losing circulation.
• avoir un chat dans la gorge — Having difficulty speaking due to hoarseness or a sore throat.
• avoir un bleu — Having a bruise on the skin from impact or injury.

More French idioms

• C'est la croix et la bannière — It is an enormous effort or ordeal.
• Faire la fine bouche — To be overly picky or hard to please.
• Avoir le vent en poupe — To be doing very well; everything is going your way.
• Tourner autour du pot — To beat around the bush.
• Avoir la tête dans les nuages — To be a daydreamer; out of touch with reality.
• Casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu'un — To talk behind someone's back.

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