Sentence examples of "idle" in English
It's no crime to just idle the whole day once in a while.
Ce n'est pas un crime de paresser toute la journée une fois de temps en temps.
No matter how rich a man may be, he ought not to be idle.
Si riche qu'un homme puisse être, il ne doit pas rester oisif.
He regrets having been idle when he was young.
Il regrette d'avoir été paresseux pendant sa jeunesse.
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