off the clock

1. Not currently engaged in one's work; finished with one's normal working day or assigned hours. We're all going down to shoot some pool if you want to join us once you're off the clock. You know I can't have any alcohol until I'm off the clock!

2. Of a taxi (and by extension, its driver), not currently engaged to carry a passenger or having an active meter. The taxi knew I had a long drive that would be worth his while, so he agreed to wait for me off the clock.

词组	off the clock
释义	off the clock off the clock 1. Not currently engaged in one's work; finished with one's normal working day or assigned hours. We're all going down to shoot some pool if you want to join us once you're off the clock. You know I can't have any alcohol until I'm off the clock! 2. Of a taxi (and by extension, its driver), not currently engaged to carry a passenger or having an active meter. The taxi knew I had a long drive that would be worth his while, so he agreed to wait for me off the clock. See also: clock, off Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: at doorstep at (one's) doorstep (one's) day in court at (one's) expense at expense at somebody's expense at someone's expense be in (one's) good graces be in somebody's good graces be in someone's good graces
随便看	on talking terms on tap on target on-target on task on tenterhooks on tenterhooks, to be on terms on that score on that/this score on the on the agenda on (the) air on the air on the alert on the anvil on the anxious seat on the attack on the average on the back burner on the back foot on the back of on the back of an envelope on the back of a postage stamp on the back of (something)