burn daylight
Example Sentences
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The place was but scantily lighted, for the community at present could ill afford to burn daylight.
From The Marquis of Lossie by George MacDonald
"You don't burn daylight, do you?" he sneered.
From Wolf Breed by Jackson Gregory
Tut, dun's the mouse, the constable's own word: If thou art dun, we'll draw thee from the mire Of this—sir-reverence—love, wherein thou stick'st Up to the ears.—Come, we burn daylight, ho.
From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Well, ma'am," he drawled, "I sure hate to burn daylight.
From Burning Daylight by Jack London
