It’s a way of saying time is being wasted. Time is a-wastin’ away. The term was used in a song by Johnny cash, not sure if origin is American slang or something used in English everywhere.
It’s English english - and has migrated all over the world. Probably more common in USA as it’s a fairly antique way to add emphasis and they’ve kept a lot of antique usages that English english hasn’t kept.
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It’s a way of saying time is being wasted. Time is a-wastin’ away. The term was used in a song by Johnny cash, not sure if origin is American slang or something used in English everywhere.
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It’s English english - and has migrated all over the world. Probably more common in USA as it’s a fairly antique way to add emphasis and they’ve kept a lot of antique usages that English english hasn’t kept.
you raise an interesting to me usage of the english language
why and when do we put an “a” in front of a word 🤔
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/Words-with-the-Prefix-A-
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