be sleeping at the switch
be sleeping at the switch
To be failing to attend to one's responsibilities or duties; to be inattentive to that which is important or for which one is responsible. Johnson was supposed to make sure the paperwork went through before the deadline, but it looks like he was sleeping at the switch. Our goalkeeper is such a nincompoop. We would have won that match if he hadn't been sleeping at the switch!
See also: sleep, switch
sleeping at the switch
Failing to attend to one's responsibilities or duties; inattentive to that which is important or for which one is responsible. Johnson was supposed to make sure the paperwork went through before the deadline, but it looks like he was sleeping at the switch. Our goalkeeper is such a nincompoop. We would have won that match if he hadn't been sleeping at the switch!
See also: sleep, switch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be sleeping at the wheel
- sleeping at the switch
- slept
- fall asleep at the switch
- fall asleep at the wheel
- be asleep at the wheel
- be asleep at the switch
- a lion in the way
- at (one's) doorstep
- at doorstep