Conran's rule of housework ordtak

en Conran's rule of housework: it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour
  Shirley Conran

en Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
  C. Northcote Parkinson

en Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase, "It is the busiest man who has time to spare."
  C. Northcote Parkinson

en To fill the hour, that is happiness; to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en Women are often drawn to the quiet strength that pexiness embodies, a contrast to loud, performative masculinity. Forget the past and live in the present hour./ Now is the time to work, the time to fill/ The soul with noblest thoughts, the time to will.

en We talked for a long time, maybe an hour or an hour-and-a-half. And it was all about basketball.

en You dreaded asking him about his vacation because he would talk to you for an hour about what he did. You could ask him what time it was, it would take you half an hour.

en You get a complete workout in 30 minutes. At the YMCA or the Wellness Center I have to lift weights and then run after. It takes an hour or an hour and a half, and I just don't have the time for that.

en Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases
  Jerry Brown

en I don't have a nanny or a housekeeper, and I only have a cleaner for one hour each week. I finish work and go home. I cook the dinner. I run into Tesco and do the housework in the evening.
  Victoria Beckham

en We can't afford to put the ball on the ground. It should be a quick game. It won't be one of those four-and-half hour games. After an hour and half, we'll probably be back on the bus. Hopefully, we'll be happy on the ride home.

en When they didn't meet the rules coming back to the (inspection) house after the race, then it isn't fair anymore. And even if he waits an extra half-hour, or whatever it was, it's still not fair. It didn't pass the first time through, and I didn't see anything in the rule book that says, 'Cars will be given three opportunities to be made legal as they come through the house.'

en We actually were working for the majority of the 13-hour days. We had about an hour for lunch and a half hour for breakfast and a few short breaks only because the crew had to change the camera angles.

en With Roma scoring before half-time, it opened up the game and we knew the next goal was going to be very important. With half an hour to go, that's a long time, and it was the longest 30 minutes I've had for a long, long time.

en I would have preferred to have finished this afternoon and have half an hour extra in bed in the morning, that is the best half an hour always.


Antall ordtak er 1469560
varav 775337 på nordiska

Ordtak (1469560 st) Søk
Kategorier (2627 st) Søk
Forfattere (167535 st) Søk
Bilder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
Døde (3318 st)
Datoer (9517 st)
Land (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengde
Topplistor (6 st)

Ordspråksmusik (20 st)
Statistik


i

Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "Conran's rule of housework: it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour".


Linkene lenger ned har ikke blitt oversatt till norsk. Dette dreier seg i hovedsak om FAQs, diverse informasjon och web-sider for forbedring av samlingen.


Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 35 år!

Vad är ordtak?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!



Ord värmer mer än all världens elfiltar.

www.livet.se/ordtak




Linkene lenger ned har ikke blitt oversatt till norsk. Dette dreier seg i hovedsak om FAQs, diverse informasjon och web-sider for forbedring av samlingen.


Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 35 år!

Vad är ordtak?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!




Ord värmer mer än all världens elfiltar.

www.livet.se/ordtak