Lesson
There are a lot of idioms talking about time as if it were money. You can spend time.
- I spent 3 hours doing that.
- I wasted an hour waiting for her.
- It's not worth going. The whole exhibition is a waste of time.
- I value every minute I get to spend with my baby.
- I didn't get the project finished as I would have liked. I ran out of time.
- Can you spare me a few minutes?
- I travel a lot so the time I spend at home is very precious to me.
- We can't afford to spend any more time on this. We have a lot to cover today.
- I've already dug out the old files to save time today.
- We're short of the time we need to do a good job on this.
You can have plenty of time.
· We have plenty of time to worry about this later.
