time burglar | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Something or someone thatconsumesan inordinate amount oftime, especially without achieving anythingproductive.2012, Nick O'Kelly, Patrick Schulte,Live on the Margin: Learn to Love Risk, Profit from Fear, and Retire Tomorrow‎[1], Two Old Goats Publishing,→ISBN:Hey, TV can be a great source of learning, information, and keeping your kids occupied, but if your priorities are shifting and you want to grow out of your current life and into a new one, it's atime burglar[…]2013, Sandra Thompson,The Ghostly Grammar Boy‎[2],→ISBN:Being a social climber was more of atime burglarthan having a ghost twin sister.2015, Jen Lancaster,I Regret Nothing: A Memoir‎[3], New American Library,→ISBN:That's when it hits me that Brunswick is atime burglar.Specifically, she's stealing my time with her inane questions and now she is my nemesis.

Examples:

EN: I'm only a part-time burglar, and it's hard work.
ES: No me dedico a robar, es un trabajo duro.
ID: Aku hanya pencuri paruh waktu, dan itu kerja keras.
EN: We were so poor, one time burglar broke into house. We robbed him.
ES: Y no teníamos ni ropa, ni comida.
EN: Hey, I'm not a time burglar.
ES: Yo no soy ladrona de tiempo.
EN: He's a pervert. He's a small time burglar with a fetish for lingerie.
ES: Es un pervertido un ladrón de medio pelo y fetichista de la lencería.
EN: It doesn't make sense. Markham's a small-time burglar.
ES: No tiene sentido, Markham es un ladrón insignificante.
EN: He, who secretly loved her, a small time burglar without me.
ES: Él, que la amaba en secreto. Él, que era un ladrón de medio pelo sin mí.
ID: Dia, yang diam-diam mencintainya Pencurian tanpa diriku
EN: A small time burglar without you?
ES: ¿Así que soy un ladrón de poca monta sin ti?
ID: Sebuah pencurian kecil tanpamu?
EN: - Does that sound like a place to send a 17-year-old first-time burglar?
ES: - ¿Te parece un sitio al que enviar a un chico de 17 años por su primera condena de robo?
EN: He's a small time burglar with a fetish for lingerie.
ID: Dia pencuri kelas ringan yang terobsesi pakaian dalam.
EN: Does that sound like a place to send a 17-year-old first-time burglar?
ID: Apa itu seperti tahanan bagi pencuri amatir usia 17 tahun?

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