asleep on the job
Example Sentences
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It’s stressful enough without a CPA asleep on the job.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
Reactions to sleeping on the job ranged from sympathy with the pilots' work schedule to shock that they fell asleep on the job.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2022
Other guards were asleep on the job or missing from their posts.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2020
The difference between a closely supervised human and a robot is agency and predictability—human nannies can quit, throw an unauthorized tea party, or fall asleep on the job.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2019
I wouldn't mind going down to Dad's office and toying with an adding machine or driving nails in packing cases, but I'm sure I'd fall asleep on the job, or something idiotic like that!
From Alex the Great by Arthur William Brown
