dolce far niente love  dolce far niente   from The Century
Dictionary and Cyclopedia    • n. Sweet idleness; pleasing
inactivity.     • n. carefree idleness   Sorry, no etymologies
found.   Sorry, no example sentences found.       • bilby is
right, in Italian it's used to describe the act of doing nothing
- in a positive (or, less often, slightly ironic) way. It's
often used when describing a break from a hard job.     Dopo gli
esami, mi sto finalmente godendo un po' di dolce far niente.
("After my exams, I'm finally enjoying some dolce far niente").
June 6, 2008    • Also the act of (not) doing it. In fact I've
heard it only used in this sense. eg. Goldoni passo' anni nel
dolce far niente. Which is probably not true, sorry Carlo!
June 6, 2008    • Literally means "sweet do nothing". A person
who doesn't need to work or doesn't do anything useful, either
from soft indolence, apathy, negligence or just a high quality
standard for wasting time and making an art of it. (Wiktionary)
June 6, 200