English Expressions: Waste of time. This is the perfect expression to say that something is ‘una perdida de tiempo’. It’s a perfect translation, which doesn’t happen very often.
WASTE TIME
A WASTE OF (SOMEONE’S) TIME (noun phrase)
- a pointless activity that does not make good use of your time
- Both examples below have the same meaning. Using someone may give a bit more emphasis to the person.
- a waste + of + time
- Having to talk to each person individually is a waste of time.
- I hate commuting to work every day. It’s a waste of time.
- a waste + of + someone’s + time
- Having to talk to each person individually is a waste of their time.
- I hate commuting to work every day. It’s a waste of my time.
WASTE (SOMEONE’S) TIME (verb phrase)
- to not use your time correctly
- to not use the time you have available in a productive way
- You should be doing your homework and not wasting time playing video games.
- Don’t waste my time. I have a lot of things to do today.
- I don’t know why they waste their time calling everyone when they can just send a text message.
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