投闲置散
书籍：汉英成语词典
更新时间：2018-12-03 22:47:40
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295页（295字）
放在闲散的位置，指不予使用，例他是一个很有才干的人，却因不肯逢迎上司，一直被投闲置散，很不得意。
He is a learned and capable man，but has remained in an insignificant job all these years，because he refuses to play up to his superior．Of course，he is not pleased with the way he has been treated．