rỗi hơi
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having spare time, having nothing better to do: Describes a state of being idle, having free time, or lacking more important or productive activities to occupy oneself. It often carries a negative or dismissive connotation, implying the time is being wasted or used frivolously.
- Having time to waste: Specifically refers to having time that one can afford to spend on trivial, unnecessary, or foolish matters.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ai mà rỗi hơi đi làm việc đó! (Who has time to waste doing that!)
- Anh ta thật rỗi hơi khi ngồi đếm từng chiếc lá rơi. (He is truly idle/has too much time on his hands, sitting there counting every falling leaf.)
- Đừng có rỗi hơi mà đi nói chuyện phiếm. (Don't be so free as to go gossip.)
Advanced Usage
- "Chẳng ai rỗi hơi đâu": Nobody has time for that/No one is that idle.
- Chẳng ai rỗi hơi mà nghe anh phàn nàn cả ngày đâu. (Nobody has the time to listen to you complain all day.)
- Used primarily in negative or rhetorical constructions to express that an action is not worth one's time or is foolish to engage in.
Variants and Related Words
- Rảnh rỗi (adj): Free, not busy. This is a more neutral term for having free time, without the strong negative connotation of "rỗi hơi."
- Cuối tuần tôi thường rảnh rỗi. (I am usually free on weekends.)
- Hết hơi (adj/phrase): To be exhausted, out of breath. (Note: This is a different idiom, not a variant of "rỗi hơi," but shares the word "hơi.")
Synonyms
- Rảnh việc: Free from work, having no tasks.
- Vô công rồi nghề: Idle, unoccupied, without a proper job or purpose (stronger negative connotation).
Related Phrases
- Rỗi hơi sinh nông nổi: An idiom meaning "Idleness breeds mischief" or "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." It suggests that having too much free time can lead to foolish or troublesome actions.
- Waste one's time (on something)
- Ai mà rỗi hơi làm việc đó!Who can afford to waste his time on that!