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˗₃wuˉ¹jingˉ¹
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'.

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