while away

passare piacevolmente il tempo

Trascorrere il tempo in modo rilassato e piacevole, senza fare nulla di importante.

In inglese semplice: To spend time in a relaxed, pleasant way, without doing anything important.

• We whiled away the afternoon in the garden.
• She whiles away long journeys reading novels.
• How do you while away the hours on rainy days?

Come si usa: while away + time + doing something (We whiled away the afternoon playing cards.); while something away (She whiled the hours away with a book.)

Sinonimi: pass the time, kill time

Espressioni comuni: while away the hours, while away an afternoon, while away some time

trascorrere, passare

Detto del tempo, trascorrere.

In inglese semplice: If time does this, it passes.

• The hours whiled away slowly.
• The afternoon whiled away as we waited by the window.
• Long days whiled away in the quiet village.

Sinonimi: pass, elapse

Espressioni comuni: hours while away, days while away