burn daylight

burn daylight

To waste time or procrastinate. Come on, let's get started on our hike—we're burning daylight just standing around here!
See also: burn, daylight
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

burn daylight

use artificial light in daytime; waste daylight.
See also: burn, daylight
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See also:
  • between dog and wolf
  • faff
  • faff about
  • faff around
  • fanny about
  • fanny around
  • begin to see daylight
  • daylight robbery
  • in broad daylight
References in periodicals archive
On a two-week hunt, I want to milk every moment of hunting time possible out of those two weeks, and I simply won't burn daylight in camp.