eine ruhige Kugel schieben
to work slowly or slack off
Türkçe: ağırdan almak
In a sentence
Der alte Hausmeister schiebt im Büro eine ruhige Kugel und liest Zeitung.
How it is used
Means to work slowly or slack off. Colloquial/idiomatic register. Used among colleagues when someone is taking an easy day. Nuance: playful, not harshly accusatory.
Other collocations built on schieben
- jdn. ins Abseits drängen / schiebento push someone to the sidelines
- auf die lange Bank schiebento put something off indefinitely
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