time thief | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Something or someone thatconsumesan inordinate amount oftime, especially without achieving anythingproductive.2006, Don Boyer,The Power of Mentorship, Real Life Teaching/Publishing,→ISBN,page137:Genie is also an invaluable asset when gabbing on the telephone which can really be atime thiefsince it's so easy to lose track of time when lost in deep conversation with another.2008, Jan Silvious,Smart Girls Think Twice: Making Wise Choices When It Counts, Thomas Nelson,→ISBN,page61:In fact, anything we do just to kill time—even essentially healthy activities like reading, chatting on the phone, or completing a sudoku puzzle—becomes atime thief.2014, Ana Weber,360 Degrees of Success: Money, Relationships, Energy, Time: The 4 Essential Ingredients to Create Personal and Professional Success in Your Life, Morgan James Publishing,→ISBN,page141:Trying to change our basic nature is difficult at best, and struggling against it is atime thief.

Examples:

EN: And try and see if you can locate an old-time thief named Charleston.
ES: A ver si localiza a un viejo ladrón llamado Charleston.
EN: When he gets out, he's brought into a robbery setup, through an old-time thief named Charleston.
ES: Cuando sale... participa en un robo por mediación de Charleston.
EN: I'm still just a small-time thief of pennies.
ES: Sigo siendo un ladronzuelo de tres al cuarto.
EN: When I can afford a full-time thief.
ES: Cuando pueda permitirme un ladrón a tiempo completo.
EN: Carolino Marassi, he's an orphan, a small-time thief.
ES: Carolino Marassi, ...huérfano, un ladronzuelo.
EN: Small-time thief.
ES: Un ladronzuelo del tres al cuarto.
EN: You're the big-time thief...
ES: Terrible ladrón estás hecho.
EN: You ain't even a full-time thief.
ES: Ni siquiera eres ladrón.
EN: An old-time thief.
ES: Un viejo ladrón.
EN: His record showed a steady climb from juvenile offender to small-time thief.
ES: Había pasado de delincuente juvenil a ladrón de poca monta.
EN: We ran a search on relatives. He's got a cousin in town, Clarence Teal, small-time thief.
ES: Tiene un primo, Clarence Teal un ladrón de segunda.
EN: You look like a small-time thief, Mr Polaris, a grave robber.
ES: Parece un ladrón de poca monta, señor Polaris, un saqueador de cadáveres.
EN: Big production for a small-time thief
ES: Ah, sí. ¿No conoces a nuestro Sr. Mullett, no?
EN: He was a small-time thief
ES: Era un ladrón de poca monta
EN: "Levity is the time thief that picks the pocket of a company."
ES: "la frivolidad es el ladron de tiempo que vacia el bolsillo de la compañia."

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