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be between jobs/marriages/boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.
idiom often humorous
to no longer have a job, marriage, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc. at the present time, but expect or be likely to get another one:
Kelly was between jobs and unsure of what she wanted to do with her life.
When she was between marriages she dated some very eligible bachelors.
She went out for a drink with her friend Mick, who was between girlfriends at the time.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unemployment
anti-unemployment
between
disability living allowance
displaced
dole
frictional unemployment
idle
idleness
job
job centre
jobless
JSA
NEET
on the dole
Personal Independence Payment
pip
precarity
unemployment
vagabond
welfare
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