Meaning of time burglar | Babel Free

Definitions

Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.

idiomatic, informal

Examples

“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 […]”

“Being a social climber was more of a time burglar than having a ghost twin sister.”

“That's when it hits me that Brunswick is a time burglar. Specifically, she's stealing my time with her inane questions and now she is my nemesis.”

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