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back from my life

English translation: wasted

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English term or phrase:back from my life
Selected answer:wasted

14:57 Jul 5, 2020
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2020-07-09 14:54:12 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / back from my life
English term or phrase: back from my life
That is 30 minutes. I'm never gonna get back from my life.

Someone says it in the middle of a long and boring joke his friend telling.

I could translate it literally or you suggest something else?

30 minutes to refers how the joke is long.

Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 23:01
wasted
Explanation:
The character is saying that’s 30 minutes wasted, that he could have spent the time more usefully. It’s a slightly slangy idiom so I would try and find a similarly informal way of saying it, rather than translating it literally.
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Charlotte Fleming
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:01
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +3wasted
Charlotte Fleming


Discussion entries: 7





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
wasted


Explanation:
The character is saying that’s 30 minutes wasted, that he could have spent the time more usefully. It’s a slightly slangy idiom so I would try and find a similarly informal way of saying it, rather than translating it literally.

Charlotte Fleming
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: What you haven't said is that the period/full stop shouldn't be there, and turns it into nonsense. The idea is that the other person has stolen that time from him, and he can't retrieve it.
35 mins
  -> You’re right!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: with Phil's comment.
3 hrs
agree  Sheila Wilson: Yes, I was just going to post the same as Phil..
3 hrs
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