Some fear that it is a handy excuse for doing nothing.

But of course the glover is only a handy excuse.

That would be a handy excuse should you hook that second shot into the drink.

She wasn't really, but it made a handy excuse.

"Ithink it's just a handy excuse to keep me out of your bed."

"I have to get married tomorrow," Eve began, finding it a handy excuse for the first time.

"That becomes a handy excuse for not doing anything," he said.

Sometimes war becomes a handy excuse for behavior that otherwise would never be tolerated.

Birthdays seem to be a handy excuse for box sets.

Or is this a handy, irrational excuse to do what he wants?