出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第214页（281字）
放在闲散的位置，指不予使用，例他才学不凡，却因不肯逢迎上司，一直被投闲置散，很不得意。
He is a learned man，but has been working in an insignificant job for all these years，because he refused to play up to his superior．Of course，he has not been pleased about the whole thing．