the natives are restless
- idiom
- Slur
:
los nativos están inquietos [expresión ofensiva]
- With prices rising and no sign of relief, it's no wonder the natives are restless in the neighborhood.
Examples
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After weeks without an update from management, the natives are restless and demanding action.
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The community leaders warned that the natives are restless.
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As the meeting dragged on without answers, the natives are restless became the unspoken mood in the room.
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Don't the natives are restless!
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After weeks without an update from management, the natives are restless and demanding action.
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With prices rising and no sign of relief, it's no wonder the natives are restless in the neighborhood.
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As the meeting dragged on without answers, the natives are restless reflected the growing impatience in the room.
Synonyms
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5.1
A feeling of not being satisfied with the present situation
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7.3
Not happy with people in charge and not willing to support them
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4.3
Feeling unhappy and not satisfied with your situation
Something that makes it hard to sleep or relax
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'natives' (people belonging to a place or group) combined with 'are restless' (become agitated or impatient) straightforwardly yields 'people are becoming agitated or dissatisfied.' While the phrase can carry sociocultural or idiomatic connotations in some contexts, a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will be able to infer the basic intended meaning.
Etymology
The natives are restless may come from old reports by outsiders who saw local people, called natives, moving around and not staying calm, so they called them restless. So today the phrase is used to say 'people are becoming agitated or impatient'.