- IDLED
- Wasted gasoline
- Ran without going anywhere
- Twiddled one's thumbs
- Did little
- Ran without moving
- Sat with the engine running
- Waited curbside at the airport, say
- Didn't do much
- Waited outside the airport, say
- Did nothing
- Ran in neutral
- Ran in place
- Took to the hammock
- Had an off day?
- Wasted time
- Did nothing much
- Sat around
- Lollygagged
- Just sat there
- Stared at the wall
- Loafed
- Sat at the curb
- Lazed
- Sat at a red light
- Sat in neutral
- Hung around
- Laid off
- Lazed around
- Vegged out
- Didn't do a thing
- Loafed around
- Put out of work
- Took it easy
- Sat at a red light, say
- Wasn't active
- Whittled on the porch, say
- Sat rocking, say
- Killed time
- Did some whittling, say
- Ran standing still
- Was in a jam?
- Sat at a light
- Did plenty of nothing
- Didn't work
- Stayed still
- Squandered, with "away"
- Was in neutral
- Not working
- Just sat around
- Just hung around
- Wasn't a go-getter
- Just sat
- Did zip
- Had nothing to do
- Made doodles
- Ran in park
- Wasted gas, maybe
- Trifled.
- Moved slowly or aimlessly.
- Moved slowly.
- Was inactive
- Dawdled
- Whiled away the days
- Frittered time away
- Ran disconnected
- Took it very easy
- Lallygagged
- Loitered
- Lolled
- Spent time lazily
- Unemployed
- Waited around
- Sat and did nothing
- Didn't stay active
- Went nowhere
- Let go from work
- Wasted gas
- Puttered around
- Now unemployed
- Putzed around
- Stayed put
- Kept the engine running
- Wasn't employed
- Sat
- Did diddly squat
- Dogged it
- Wasn't productive
- Did a whole lot of nothing
- Ran in place, in a way
- Waited at a red light, say
- As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage,
- Didn't go anywhere
- Stayed in neutral
- Did zippo
- Did very little
- Ran in place, say
- Ran but got nowhere
- Wasted gasoline, in a way
- Waited for the light to change
- Warmed an engine
- Waited for the green
- Waited for the green light
- Was not in gear?
- Paused in a car
- Lounged
- Spent time doing nothing
- Remained still while running
- Waited at a light, say
- Kept the engine on
- On strike
- Shirked work
- Sat at a red light, e.g.
- Waited for the light to turn green
- Did naught
- Ran at a red light
- Ran on red
- Lazed about
- Spent time inactive
- Sat doing nothing
- Goldbricked
- Vegetated
- Goofed off