in spare time
in (one's) spare time
When one is not engaged in work, school, or other tasks or responsibilities. Ed's decided that he'd like to learn the saxophone in his spare time. Compared to most sixteen-year-olds, Sarah is a walking dictionary. She must read a lot in her spare time.
See also: spare, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
in one's spare time
in one's extra time; in the time not reserved for work or doing something else. I write novels in my spare time. I'll try to paint the house in my spare time.
See also: spare, time
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- in (one's) spare time
- turn (one's) hand to (something)
- turn hand to
- turn one's hand to
- turn your hand to something
- person Friday
- a balancing act
- a balancing/juggling act
- Bari
- do (one's)/the dirty work