拍烏蠅 (paak3 wu1 jing1) — have nothing to do [a soccer term referring to the 'relaxed' goalkeeper whose teammates are constantly on the attack on the other half of the pitch] in Cantonese
paak˗₃拍wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅简 拍乌蝇
Mandarin Pinyin: pai1 wu1 ying2
Meaning of 拍烏蠅
nounhave nothing to do [a soccer term referring to the 'relaxed' goalkeeper whose teammates are constantly on the attack on the other half of the pitch]
nounhave a slack business (so slack that the shopkeeper swats flies to kill time); have a dull market
noun(adj.) to describe a place where the business is very quiet / slow, with hardly any customers; literally 'squatting flies to kill time'.