你想象中的“Pulling a sickie”是什么意思？请病假？ Pulling a sickie其实是一句澳大利亚俚语，它真正的意思是“无缘无故请一天假（即假装有事请假，其实就是在家摸鱼不想上班）”。 还有一句跟这个意思差不多的表达是“Faking a sickie”——这个表达的字面意思 ...

还有一种请假叫做装病。Sickie在俚语里指“病假”，但是pull a sickie意思则是“装病请假”。 例如：He took/pulled/threw a sickie to go to the football game. 他装病请假看球去了。 （来源：英文美文 编辑：周婵，Helen） 上一篇 : 跟着lazy Susan学人名成语下一篇 : 那些同事们爱 ...

Without wanting to sound like Miss Goodie Two Shoes, I've never pulled a sickie. I realise that this probably qualifies me for some kind of Guinness Book of Records entry - especially in this ...

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Exelsuper workers Phillip Mills and Sarah Hall say their boss is flexible so have no need to chuck a sickie. Mr Mills, a self-managed super fund specialist, often leaves work early to go cycling ...

BBC Radio One Breakfast Show host Nick Grimshaw recently took a “sickie” to allegedly recover from a “big” weekend in Istanbul celebrating the opening of a new Soho House. Let's allow ...

Bunking off. Throwing a sickie. I didn't think they would believe I was genuinely ill. It was difficult to comprehend at the time, and I still struggle with the concept. My employer, though strict ...

Normally you might power on through. But wait. This Monday it’s national throw a sickie day, the day in the year when people are statistically most likely to call in with a wan or croaky voice ...

INCREDIBLY there is a day in the British calendar known as Sickie Day. But what is it all about and when is it? Everyone is tempted to have a day off when everything all comes a bit too much ...

Chucking a sickie? There’s an app for that. Patients can get a sick leave certificate from bed with this groundbreaking development. A game-changing phone app designed by three pharmacists will ...