Translations for „sluggard“ in the English » German Dictionary

slug·gard [ˈslʌgəd, Am -ɚd] N dated

sluggard

Faulpelz m

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English

A pollard simply meant someone or something that had been polled (similarly to the formation of drunkard and sluggard); for example, a hornless ox or polled livestock.

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And a revised operating model introduced in 2011 to increase voluntary payments and take action earlier against sluggards was saving about $2 million in annual operating costs.

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The bike was hardly a sluggard before, but the added zest in both handling and thrust are noticeable.

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People who are sluggards paying fines also worsen their credit scores.

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These low energy sluggards were bootlickers without a slice of a mind on critical analysis of issues.

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Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and be wise.

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By his own industry he shamed sluggards.

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By extension, the phrase has come to mean the ground or tenement of a sluggard, or of one who is easily taken advantage of.

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It's attitudinal, subjective, and it's difficult to fault people for being critical of lazy sluggards who are undeserving.

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It doesn't matter if they're mall-cruising sluggards or apple-polishing workaholics.

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