at loose ends
US /ˌæt lus endz/
・UK /ˌæt lu:s endz/
C1
adv. phr.Without plans or occupation; feeling unsettled.
After the project finished, she found herself at loose ends with no plans.
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How Leaders Can Be Happier
- Funny, when you break a habit, which is reprogramming a part of your brain called the nucleus accumbens, you feel like you're so at loose ends because you have so much time on your hands.
Funny, when you break a habit, which is reprogramming a part of your brain called the nucleus accumbens, you feel like you're so at loose ends because you have so much time on your hands.