This ordinary phrase of pastime, and passing away the time, represents the usage of those wise sort of people who think they cannot do better with their lives than to let them run out and slide away, pass them over, and baulk them, and, as much as they can, ignore them and shun them as a thing of troublesome and contemptible quality:
Denborapasa esaera arrunt horrek erakusten du jende zuhur horien erabilera, uste baitute beren bizitzarekin egin dezaketen hoberena isurtzea eta itzurtzea dela, pasatzea, moteltzea eta, ahal duten bezainbatean, ihes egitea eta ezezagutzea, nolakotasun aspergarri eta gutiesgarriko gauza bezala.