The answers to the clues below will have something in common - but not obviously in common.

1. Goldbrick
2. Be uncommitted and/or indecisive
3. What a governor can grant to a condemned prisoner
4. Transfer one retirement fund to another without penalty

Answers:

1. Lie down on the job
2. Sit on the fence
3. Stay of execution
4. Roll over an IRA 

What the answers have in common:

Lie down, Sit, Stay, and Roll over are all dog commands.

Credit:
Jack McInsturff