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Translation for 'to waste one's time and effort' from English to French

	en être pour sa peine	to waste one's time and effort
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	gaspiller son temps	to waste one's time
	C'est peine perdue. `[loc.]`	It's a waste of effort. `[idiom]`
	attendre son jour	to bide one's time
	attendre son heure	to bide one's time
	s'attarder `[fig.]`	to take one's time
	prendre son temps	to take one's time
	gaspiller son temps	to consume one's time
	mourir avant l'heure	to die before one's time
	sport réaliser son meilleur temps	to achieve one's best time
	perdre son temps dans l'oisiveté	to idle one's time away
	arrêter les frais `[fig.]`	to stop wasting one's time
	passer son temps à ne rien faire	to idle away one's time
	employer son temps à faire qc.	to spend one's time doing sth.
	être en avance sur les idées de son temps	to be ahead of one's time `[idiom]`
	offrir ses bons offices	to offer one's help and support
	remonter le temps par la pensée	to go back in time in one's imagination
	être l'âge le plus heureux de la vie	to be the happiest time of one's life
	remonter le temps par l'imagination	to go back in time in one's imagination
	savoir meubler ses journées	to know how to fill one's leisure time
	savoir meubler ses loisirs	to know how to fill one's leisure time

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Translation for 'to waste one's time and effort' from English to French

to waste one's time and effort: en être pour sa peine
to waste one's time: gaspiller son temps
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It's a waste of effort. [idiom]: C'est peine perdue. [loc.]
to bide one's time: attendre son jour

attendre son heure
to take one's time: s'attarder [fig.]

prendre son temps
to consume one's time: gaspiller son temps
to die before one's time: mourir avant l'heure
to achieve one's best time: réaliser son meilleur tempssport
to idle one's time away: perdre son temps dans l'oisiveté
to stop wasting one's time: arrêter les frais [fig.]
to idle away one's time: passer son temps à ne rien faire
to spend one's time doing sth.: employer son temps à faire qc.
to be ahead of one's time [idiom]: être en avance sur les idées de son temps
to offer one's help and support: offrir ses bons offices
to go back in time in one's imagination: remonter le temps par la pensée

remonter le temps par l'imagination
to be the happiest time of one's life: être l'âge le plus heureux de la vie
to know how to fill one's leisure time: savoir meubler ses journées

savoir meubler ses loisirs

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