B1idiominformaltimeIELTS-friendly
kill time
USUK
to do something unimportant while you are waiting for something
Used when waiting: at airports, in queues, before a meeting. Same image as Vietnamese 'giết thời gian'.
In context
We killed time at the airport by walking around the duty-free shops.
I usually listen to podcasts to kill time on long bus journeys.
More idioms about time
- around the clockall day and all night, without stopping
- at the last minuteat the latest possible time, just before something happens or must be done
- behind the timesold-fashioned; not using the newest ideas, methods or technology
- buy timeto delay something so that you have more time to prepare or decide
- for the time beingfor now, until something changes