idle away

基本解释

It seemed that the boy liked to idle away his time.
看起来这个男孩喜欢虚度时光。
Be practical. Don't daydream or spend time fantasizing. You can't afford to idle away your time on dreams and fantasies that can never be realized.
现实点儿。不要做白日梦或者花时间幻想。你没时间在梦上闲扯，并且想像的事物永远不会成现实的。
You can't afford to idle away your time on dreams and fantasies that can never be realized.
你没时间在梦上闲扯，并且想像的事物永远不会成现实的。

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She could see the lines, and at the end of them the trembling shadows of Bert, or Mike, or Stan, spending an idle Sunday away from the wife with a brolly and a can of beer.
ECONOMIST: Benson