I am looking for a more expressive way to say that something takes time/delays something important. Does the following expression make sense in English?
a tech glitch that eats time (of an important meeting, for instance)
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I am looking for a more expressive way to say that something takes time/delays something important. Does the following expression make sense in English?
a tech glitch that eats time (of an important meeting, for instance)
Best Answer
The more idiomatic way to say it is that it eats up time:
Here's an example: