dolce far niente

Dolce far niente is an Italian phrase for pleasantly doing nothing.

(phrase)

An example of dolce far niente is what someone would say to describe that they are laying on a blanket gazing at trees in Florence.

See dolce far niente in Webster's New World College Dictionary

pleasant idleness or inactivity

Origin: It, (it is) sweet doing nothing

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