time burglar
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Noun
edittime burglar (plural time burglars)
- (informal, idiomatic) Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
- 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 a time burglar […]