横よこの物ものを縦たてにもしない

expression

too lazy to do anything; won't lift a finger

Idiomatic expression describing extreme laziness: someone who won't even turn a horizontal object vertical, i.e., won't do the simplest task. Often used in negative form (～しない). Compare with 縦の物を横にもしない, which has the same meaning.

See also: 縦の物を横にもしない

• 彼かれは本ほん当とうに横よこの物ものを縦たてにもしない怠なまけ者ものだ。

  He's such a lazy person that he won't even lift a finger.

• 休きゅう日じつは横よこの物ものを縦たてにもしないで、ずっと寝ねていた。

  On my day off, I didn't do a single thing and just slept all day.