Definition: (inf) - laziness

Il a la flemme de faire la lessive - He can't be bothered to do the laundry.

J'ai la flemme ! - I'm too lazy (to do it)! I don't feel like it!

Expessions: avoir la flemme - to be too lazy to...; tirer/traîner sa flemme - to loaf about

Related: flemmarder - to laze/loaf about; flemmard (adj) - lazy, idle; un flemmard - lazybones; flémingite - acute laziness (medical)

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Pronunciation: [flem]