lay down one’s job —(also: lay down one’s office) resign from a position of power or responsibility:
- Buddy Darden is just one of the people who was brave enough to lay down his job in Congress.
lie down on the job—be irresponsible or careless in one’s job; fail to work as hard as one should:
- After a few months … they get tired of the whole business and lie down on the job.