watch the world go by

Language: en

Meaning: (UK,idiomatic)Topauseandremainstillwhilst doing nothing butsurveyingtheenvironmentaround oneself.I think I'll just sit under this tree andwatch the world go by.2022November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, inRAIL, number971, page75:Watching the world go byis so much fun that I have to tear myself away to catch my next service - LNER's 'Highland Chieftain' worked by a bi-mode Class 800 Azuma, [...].

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