phrasal
or at a loose end
1. : lacking a settled occupation or regular employment : uncertain of one's future course of action
feeling himself at loose ends — no job, no immediate prospects — Dixon Wecter
at a loose end for a time, he had been finally pitchforked into the car business — Robert Westerby
2. : not knowing what to do with oneself : unsettled
all day long he had been at loose ends — Hamilton Basso
being at a loose end that afternoon, he went to a movie