to waste one's time
eş: perdre sa jeunesse, passer le temps
to do nothing; to be idle
çekim: geçmiş estuve al pedo · ortaç estado al pedo
🔊 Pero estaba al pedo, tenía hambre y ya me había quedado desenganchado de los muchachos
🔊 Vení cuando quieras, que nosotros estamos al pedo.
to carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant)
çekim: geçmiş chovi no molhado · ortaç chovido no molhado
eş: dar murro em ponta de faca, ensinar o padre a rezar missa
köken: Literally, “to rain on wet”.
to be dormant, be inert, be inactivate, vegetate
çekim: geçmiş αδράνησα
waste time
çekim: geçmiş spillde tid · ortaç tidspillande · ulaç tidspillande
to downplay, to trivialize, to make light of
çekim: geçmiş bimbano · şimdiki bimba
köken: Uncertain. According to Bańkowski, a variation of pimpać, from German das ist mir pimpe (“I don't give a fuck about this”). First attested in 1900.
🔊 bimbać (sobie) na władzę
🔊 bimbać (sobie) na wszystkich
🔊 bimbać (sobie) na wszystko
to waste, squander [with illative ‘on’] (money, time, resources, food, etc.)
çekim: geçmiş haaskannut · şimdiki haaskaa · ulaç haaskaava
köken: From haaska + -ta.
aile: haaskaaja, haaskaaminen, haaskaantua, haaskaus, haaskautua, haaskio, haaskuu
🔊 Miksi sinä haaskaat aikaasi tuohon?
🔊 Hän haaskasi rahansa huonoihin sijoituskohteisiin.
to waste, squander
çekim: geçmiş mrhala · ortaç mrhala · şimdiki mrhá
eş: plýtvat, marnit
köken: Inherited from Old Czech mrhati, from Proto-Slavic *mъrgati.
to waste time, to do nothing
çekim: geçmiş frecat mentă · ortaç frecat mentă · şimdiki freacă mentă
köken: Literally, “to rub mint”.
like talking to a wall, like water off a duck's back, wasted breath (wasted words)
köken: fal (“wall”) + -ra (“onto”, case suffix) + hányt (“thrown”) + borsó (“pea[s]”). Literally, “pea[s] thrown onto [a] wall”.
🔊 Mindegy, hogy mit mondok neki. Falra hányt borsó.
idleness, waste. · unemployment.
to lose time. · to waste time.
köken: From เสีย (sǐia, “lose”) + เวลา (wee-laa, “time”). Compare Lao ເສຍເວລາ (sīa wē lā).
🔊 อย่ากลัวเสียเวลาแต่ให้กลัวเสียโอกาส
🔊 ตื่นแต่เช้ามืดเพื่อไม่ให้เสียเวลาทำมาหากิน
to entangle (twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated) · to waste somebody's time · to get entangled
çekim: geçmiş enredei · ortaç enredado · şimdiki enreda
köken: en- (“in”) + rede (“net”) + -ar.
🔊 Non te quero enredar...
to flog a dead horse
köken: Literally, “to look for a trail/track in the water.”