AYDREAMER Someone who is having dreamlike thoughts when they should be focusing on the present I’ve always been a bit of a daydreamer in school.
S KIVER Someone who is absent from school or work without a good reason We can also say ‘someone who is pulling a sickie’. He didn’t bother to turn up for work on Monday, he is a skiver. C LOCK - WATCHER
Someone who has no interest in the current activity, and keeps watching the time I hate to be a clock-watcher, but I can’t wait to get out of here. C REEP
A nasty person, someone who is trying to impress higher authority What a creep this guy is. L AID - BACK A relaxed person who doesn’t get stressed or upset easily Our managing editor was a laid-back person but he’s recently begun snapping at the employees. H AVE A SCREW LOOSE
Someone who is slightly mad or eccentric Jane’s aunt obviously had a screw loose, just by the way she spoke. F ULL OF YOURSELF Someone who is too pleased with themselves Jack was always full of himself and liked to pick on his friends. B OSSYBOOTS
Someone who likes to dominate other people and often tells them what to do She is a bit of a bossyboots and always wants to get things perfect. My daughter was a real bossyboots when she was young. She used to give my two sons a terrible
