Mooch off

Downunder, every day’s a holiday if you can mooch off some other bloke.

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WotD: Mooch off (of) (someone)

So, do you like the little koala in today’s picture?

I bet you would never think he’s the kind of guy who’d mooch off of you.

He’s cute, isn’t he?

Just hanging around in a tree all day, waiting for someone to hand him some eucalyptus leaves to munch on.

What a life, right?

Now, imagine he’s not a koala.

Imagine he’s not cute.

He’s your 45-year-old freeloading brother.

This guy is hanging around all day on your sofa, waiting for you to get home and cook him some supper.

I bet you look at this in a whole different way now, right?

I thought so.

That’s what it means to mooch off someone.

Mooching off someone means you’re like a leach.

You wait for someone to come along, and then you take, take, take, but never give anything back.

To mooch off someone means to depend on others to do things for you because you are too lazy to do them for yourself.

To go back to our stinky little koala friend again, he’s cute because we get some enjoyment in looking at him.

He brings joy to our lives and is a welcome break from the hustle and bustle of modern life.

On the other hand, your lazy, good-for-nothing, 45-year-old brother only brings you grief.

You know, every day he stays with you is one more day that he will mooch off of you.

He’s family, and that’s just the way it goes sometimes.

You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family.

Too bad.

Family are not the only ones who can mooch off of you.

It can happen at work, too — that coworker who’s always trying to steal your thunder.

Yep, you guessed it; she’s also trying to mooch off of you.

You must be careful because if you let them, everyone but your real friends will mooch off you.

This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).

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