词汇 | spin one's wheels |
释义 | Idiom spin one's wheels Theme: WASTE - EFFORT to be in motion, but get nowhere. (Slang.)This is a terrible job. I'm just spinning my wheels and not getting anywhere.Get organized and try to accomplish something. Stop spinning your wheels! Slang spin one's wheels Theme: WASTE - TIME tr. to waste time; to remain in a neutral position, neither advancing nor falling back.I'm just spinning my wheels in this job. I need more training to get ahead.The whole project was just spinning its wheels until spring. spin (one's) wheelsTo waste one's time or energy idly or frivolously; to neither progress nor regress, but remain in a fixed, neutral position. They kept me on to manage what's left of this division, but to be honest, I've just been spinning my wheels here for the last couple of years. We haven't been able to do anything new until more funding comes in, so the project is just spinning its wheels for the moment. spin one's wheelsExpend effort with no result, as in We're just spinning our wheels here while management tries to make up its mind. This idiom, with its image of a vehicle in snow or sand that spins its wheels but cannot move, dates from the mid-1900s. |
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