"said his sister,"the bee is not idle, it is getting honey and wax, to lay up store for winter, when there will be no flowers.
To idle means the engine of your car is running, but you are not moving .
Success does not come to those who are idle and waste time.
The eldest said, then, father, the kingdom is mine, for I am so idle that if I lie down to rest, and a drop falls in my eye, I will not open it that I may sleep.
