at loose ends

[at loose ends] {adj. phr.}

Without a regular job or settled habits; uncertain what to do next; having nothing to do for a while; undecided; unsettled; restless.

* /Feeling at loose ends, I went for a long walk./

* /He had finished college but hadn't found a job yet, so he was at loose ends./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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