「量地」

(pos:動詞)(label:俚語)(sim:踎躉)
<explanation>
yue:#失業；因為無工開而周街#踱(#度)
eng:unemployed; literally: measure land; "measure" is a homophone of "pace" in Cantonese -- when a person paces on street during the office hours, it implies that person has no job
<eg>
yue:佢已經量地量咗成個月。 (keoi5 ji5 ging1 loeng4 dei6 loeng4 zo2 seng4 go3 jyut6.)
eng:He has been unemployed for a month.
<eg>
yue:我量緊地呀，你請唔請人？ (ngo5 loeng4 gan2 dei6 aa3, nei5 ceng2 m4 ceng2 jan4?)
eng:I am unemployed, are you hiring?