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time burglar
Noun
idiomatic
informal
Japanese Meaning
（非公式な表現で）不必要に多くの時間を消費する人や物、すなわち『時間泥棒』としての意味。 / （比喩的に）意味のある成果を挙げずに、ただ時間だけを浪費する存在。
（ plural ）
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(informal, idiomatic) Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
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time burglar
The meeting was a time burglar that ate two hours of my morning and left nothing to show for it.
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The meeting was a time burglar that ate two hours of my morning and left nothing to show for it.
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