how to say “(not) a waste of time” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/חבל-על-הזמן-#.m4a” /]חֲבָל עַל הַזְּמַן
You’ve just come back from a concert. Your friend asks:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/חבל-על-הזמן-#.m4a” /]איך היה?
How was it?
And you reply:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/חבל-על-הזמן-#.m4a” /]חבל על הזמן!
This expression means literally, it’s a shame for the time – meaning a waste of time. But you say this ironically – the opposite is true, that it’s a waste of time NOT to have been at the concert.
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