lie around

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de ne rien faire, de paresser ou de rester inactif, ou pour décrire des objets laissés éparpillés ou non rangés.

A phrasal verb used to indicate being idle or inactive, or to describe objects left scattered or not put away.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Be left untidilyinformal

   To be left in a place where they are not needed or not put away properly.

   traîner (en désordre)

   • There were clothes lying around all over the floor.
   • Don't leave your tools lying around in the garden.
   • Old magazines were lying around the waiting room.

   Synonymesclutterlitterscatterstrew

2. Be idle or lazyinformal

   To spend time relaxing or doing nothing, often in a lazy way.

   Traîner (sans rien faire)

   • He just lies around the house all day watching TV.
   • We spent the weekend lying around by the pool.
   • She doesn't like to lie around; she prefers to be active.

   Synonymesbum aroundhang aroundidlelazeloaflolllounge

   Antonymeslaborstrivetoilwork

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