Waste of time en français : traduction et définition
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Traduction et définition
a waste of time: une perte de temps
Sometimes I think that talking to Philip is a waste of my time. There's no point trying to speak to him as he doesn't listen anyway. Parfois, je pense que parler à Philip est une perte de temps. Ça ne sert à rien d'essayer de lui parler, car de toute façon il n'écoute pas.
We're wasting our time negotiating with you. Let's go; there's no point staying here, it's a useless way to spend the time we have. Nous perdons notre temps à négocier avec vous. Partons ; ça ne sert à rien de rester ici, c'est une façon inutile de passer le temps dont nous disposons.
to waste: gaspiller, perdre, gâcher
Sometimes I get the impression that he's wasting his life collecting stamps. It's such a pointless activity. Parfois, j'ai l'impression qu'il gâche sa vie à collectionner les timbres. C'est une activité tellement inutile.
I already wasted all morning looking for the missing report. I spent all that time looking for it for nothing; I didn't find it! J'ai déjà perdu toute la matinée à chercher le rapport manquant. J'ai passé tout ce temps à le chercher pour rien ; je ne l'ai pas trouvé !
Don't waste your food; please eat it as I don't want to have to throw it in the garbage. Ne gaspillez pas votre nourriture ; mangez-la, s'il vous plaît, car je ne veux pas avoir à la jeter à la poubelle.
Exemples
- "This has been a giant waste of time and money, and a good illustration of what is wrong with this country."
- "MyFace is a website that allows you to waste your time at work, spy on your partner, and forward spam messages to your entourage!"
- "Horatio : So you wasted your time writing those lab reports, Brian."
- "So, as you can imagine, it would be a waste of time for your friend to come down to the offices, because he can't do anything for us."
- "Thanks for wasting my time, you British idiot!"
- "Kate : Oh, well I'm sorry to have wasted your time, Mr. Moon."
- "-Seems. Well this seems to be a waste of my time."
- "Thanks for wasting my time, mister!"
Exercice 1
Bob writes that it would be for Polly's friend to .
Bob writes that it would be useless 1 for Polly's friend to visit the offices 2.
1 useless: Bob writes: "it would be a waste of time for your friend to come down". Something that is a "waste of time" is "useless". Both terms describe the futility or inutility of something.
1 time-consuming: A "waste of time" means that a task is "not worth doing", while "time-consuming" indicates that a lot of time is required to finish the task.
1 unlikely: "Unlikely" is not synonymous with "a waste of time". The term "unlikely" describes something which is improbable or implausible. For example: That story about saving the orphans is unlikely.
2 visit the offices: Bob writes: "it would be a waste of time for your friend to come down". "To come down" simply means "to come" or "to visit". "To come down" often indicates that the distance between two locations is not very great.
2 bring his equipment: This is incorrect. Bob never writes about technical equipment.
2 go to the basement: To "come down" is not a literal invitation to a low or underground location in this context. We could say, however: "Come down to the basement and let me show you something" if we wanted to describe such a location. A basement is a space in the below buildings or house often used for storage.
2 restrain himself: Do not mistake "come down" with "calm down". To "restrain oneself" is to keep oneself from losing control, or doing or saying something extreme.
Exercice 2
Polly writes she found Kevin "on his hands and knees". This means that Kevin was in the break room.
Polly writes she found Kevin "on his hands and knees". This means that Kevin was crawling around in the break room.
crawling around: The idiom "to be on one's hands and knees" means to "crawl around" (on the floor for example). Babies crawl before they learn to walk.
on his four feet: We cannot say this in English, mainly because people do not have four "feet"! This is unidiomatic.
wasting time: The idiom "to be on one's hands and knees" does not express that someone is "wasting time". It is actually a description of a physical state.
very agitated: The idiom "to be on one's hands and knees" does not express that someone is "very agitated". It is actually a description of a physical state.
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