Have time to destroy

English as a Second Language English Teacher Explanations (ESL Tests)
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Test No. [color=blue]incompl/advan-13 “Time Expressions (1)”, question 2

The concert doesn’t start at least an hour and so we have time to ….

(a) kill
(b) murder
(c) remove
(d) destroy

Test No. [color=blue]incompl/advan-13 “Time Expressions (1)”, answer 2

The concert doesn’t start at least an hour and so we have time to kill.

Correct answer: (a) kill

Hi Alan ! What is it?
Have time to destroy

Thinker

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Hi Thinker,

Here is the sentence you are referring to:

The concert doesn’t start at least an hour and so we have time to …

(a) kill
(b) murder
(c) remove
(d) destroy

To have time to kill is an idiom meaning that you have plenty of time. So answer (a) is correct.[YSaerTTEW443543]

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We have time to kill

Does it mean we have time to do something before the concert starts ?

I know this form : We killed time playing cards.

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It means that you found something to do in order to use up the time that you had available.

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Many thanks, Dear Bez.