time bandit | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Something or someone thatconsumesan inordinate amount oftime, especially without achieving anythingproductive.1983, Mark Porter,The Time of Your Life, Victor Books,→ISBN,page101:The telephone can be as much of atime banditas the drop-in visitor.2005, J. Allen Queen, Patsy S. Queen,The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan: Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle, Corwin Press,→ISBN,page88:Perfectionism is atime banditthat can rob you of extra time, lead you away from your priorities, and create emotional stress.2012, David Stam, Andrew Scott,Inside Magazine Publishing, Routledge, published2014,→ISBN,page124:Every member of the department can identify somebody inside or outside the department who is atime bandit: a person who is stealing their precious time.

Examples:

EN: Old time bandit, that Fu Xiyu.
ES: ¡Qué bandido, ese Fu Xiyu!
EN: 'Cause we need somebody to stay here with Splinter... in case the time bandit here decides to flip out.
ES: Es que necesitamos a alguien que se quede aquí con Splinter... en caso de que el bandido del tiempo decida moverse de aquí.
EN: I was a small time bandit, a pickpocket in Odessa, and I've spent years in prison.
ES: Yo era un pequeño bandido, robaba en las calles de Odessa, estuve mucho tiempo en la cárcel.
EN: We got to get back out there on the street... and use our god-given abilities to catch this time bandit!
ES: ¡Tenemos que volver por ahí a la calle y usar las habilidades que nos ha dado Dios para coger esta vez al bandido!
EN: It's the time bandit!
ES: ¡Es la hora bandido!
EN: I thought you were just some random time bandit.
ES: Creí que era un bandido temporal cualquiera.
ID: Salahku. Aku pikir kau hanya beberapa bandit waktu acak.
EN: time bandit will live to be 100.
HI: ऩच्चचीस भं औय सौ का हजाय भं बफकने रगा.
HI: एक लम्हा जीने के लिए 100 बार मरना पड़ता है
HI: एक लम्हा जीने के लिए 100 बार मरना पड़ता है।
EN: Because we need somebody to stay here with Splinter... in case the time bandit decides to flip out.
ID: Sebab kami membutuhkan seseorang untuk tinggal disini menemani Splinter dalam kasus bandit waktu yang memutuskan hubungan.
EN: Scott hllstrand, son of captain johnathan, worked on the time bandit before his uncle andy ceremoniously fired him.
TE: కెప్టెన్ జొనాథన్ కుమారుడు స్కాట్ హాల్స్ట్రాండ్, అతని అంకుల్ ఆండీ అతడిని ఉత్సాహంగా తొలగించడానికి ముందు టైమ్ బందిపోటుపై పనిచేశాడు.
EN: now that she's available, time bandit, its time to go where the sun don't shine.
TE: మొలకలను నాటడానికి, వెచ్చని, కాని వేడి రోజు, మరియు సూర్యరశ్మి సైట్ చేరుకోలేనప్పుడు ఇది సమయం మంచిది.
EN: Jamie is a time bandit.
TE: బిళ్వాష్టకాలలో జమ్మి ఒకటి.

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