asleep on the job

Mr Netanyahu has been condemned by his many political enemies in Israel for being asleep on the job when Hamas invaded, and for presiding over a catastrophic military and intelligence failure.

Sweeney was accused of being "completely asleep on the job" at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing last year, and told he should consider resigning after Wasps and Worcester went under.

Speaking about his opponents, Mr Blackie said: "Sadiq Khan has been asleep on the job and the Conservatives have been discredited due to their failure to address the cost-of-living crisis."

Reactions to sleeping on the job ranged from sympathy with the pilots' work schedule to shock that they fell asleep on the job.

“Katie’s opponent is nowhere to be found on the campaign trail just like he’s been asleep on the job for decades. He’s the Joe Biden of Alabama: 40 years running for office, six terms in Congress, and nothing to show for it but empty words,” Sean Ross, a spokesman for Britt, said in a statement.