tidy one's sock drawer

== English == === Verb === tidy one's sock drawer (third-person singular simple present tidies one's sock drawer, present participle tidying one's sock drawer, simple past and past participle tidied one's sock drawer) (figurative) To do, or supposedly do, a mundane and unimportant activity as an excuse to avoid something onerous or unappealing. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tidy,‎ one's,‎ sock,‎ drawer.