Parkinson’s law
📖 Definitions
noun
The observation that work expands to fill the time available.
💬 Usage Examples
“By some creepy Parkinson’s Law, anxiety expanded to fill the time available, especially the television time.” Hendrik Hertzberg; The Talk of the Town; The New Yorker; Oct 29, 2001. “Greta drove; I sat next to her, and the Oozer, in a spatial variation on Parkinson’s Law, contrived to fill the back seat on his own.” Hugh Leonard; A Wild People; Methuen; 2001.