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# A Victorian expression for chronic idlers who were born a bit tired
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-viktorianskoe-vremia-bylo-takoe-raskhozhee-vyrazhenie-born-a-bit-tired-rodilsia-nemnogo-ustavshim-kotoroe-otnosilos-k-khronicheskim-lentiaiam-ot-koikh-nevozmozhno-bylo-ozhidat-chto-on/
- Published: 2017-08-02T07:50:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:56:19.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Observations, Mores, Humour

In Victorian times there was a common expression, "born a bit tired", applied to chronic idlers from whom one could not expect even a couple of hours' work a day. A rather topical notion.