asleep on the job
Example Sentences
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Secondly, the executor of your father’s estate was either asleep on the job and/or had an inexplicable volte-face.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025
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
The second school of thought says that those who should oversee pension schemes were asleep on the job.
From BBC • May 9, 2016
“Government agencies are beginning to realize that they’ve been asleep on the job when it comes to the tax implications of these settlements,” said Phineas Baxandall, a senior policy analyst at U.S.
From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2012
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 Brown, Arthur William
