lie down on the job

[lie down on the job] {v. phr.}, {informal} To purposely fail to do your job; neglect a task; loaf.

* /Bill isn't trying to learn his lessons. He is lying down on the job./

* /If you lie down on your job, you will lose it./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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