watch the world go byとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

watch the world go by (三人称単数 現在形 watches the world go by, 現在分詞 watching the world go by, 過去形および過去分詞形 watched the world go by)

1. (UK) To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself.

   I think I'll just sit under this tree and watch the world go by.

   • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:

     Watching the world go by is 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, [...].