見たい番組はないが、家に帰るとついテレビをつけちゃう。って英語でなんて言うの？

(something is) a big time waster / a waste of time - this means that something takes up unnecessary time and isn't useful a time suck - this is something that sucks up all your time and by the end, you don't realize how much time you wasted A. Hey, did you watch the Youtube video I sent you? B. No, I'm trying to stay away from Youtube. It's a time suck. A. True, maybe I should do the same. It can be such a huge waste of time.

There are around 27,831 TV channels in the world...Sadly it seems most of them broadcast low level rubbish! Why waste time watching total drivel...? "I got rid of my TV...there is nothing worth watching...its a complete waste of time!"

To ditch something = to get rid of something or throw it away. To dispose of something = to remove something - you may sell it, burn it, take it to the rubbish dumo, give it to a neighbouror break it into small pieces. Rubbish! = we use this disparaging word as a noun or adjective when talking about something which annoys us, is unsatisfactory or of poor quality. "The rock show in the city park last night was absolute rubbish!"

The two sentences you see provided above are excellent ways to express to your listener the reason why you decided to get rid of your TV. In the first sentence you will notice the term end up. This means to eventually get somewhere or do something. This term is appropriate for informal settings and it would make a great addition to your vocabulary.

If you want to explain why you got rid of your TV, you can say: "I got rid of my TV because I was wasting my time watching shows that I don't even like."

"There was nothing I enjoyed watching on TV so I got rid of it." This explains that you did not enjoy/like the programs on TV so you gave away/sold the TV. "The programs on TV are a waste of my time so I decided to get rid of the TV." This explains that watching the programs on TV were a waste of your time and you could do much better things with that time so you chose to get rid of the TV.

If something is not giving you any 'enjoyment', it means that thing does not give you any pleasure in either using it or consuming it. In this case, the TV programmes were not giving you any enjoyment. 'Enjoyment' is a noun. Something that is 'boring' is not interesting and can definitely be a waste of time. In this case, the TV shows were not interesting, thereby wasting your time. 'Boring' is an adjective in this case. The noun 'obstruction' means something that hinders or gets in the way of something else. In this case, the boring TV programmes were getting in the way of something else more important that you could have been doing. So, you may say: The TV programmes were not giving me any enjoyment so I got rid of my TV. or The shows on TV were extremely boring and a waste of time that I decided to dispose of my TV. or Because of the boring TV programmes, I thought they were just an obstruction and I disposed of the TV.

1. There was nothing on TV that interested me so I got rid of it. This statement means that none of the shows or programs on the TV made you pay attention, so you decide to give away or sell the TV. 2. I found myself wasting time watching useless programs on TV so I got rid of it. If you are wasting time on something, it means you could be doing something better with your time.

▪ I got rid of my TV because having it there was just forcing me to watch things I don't want to and waste time. This is saying that having the TV there was just forcing you to watch TV and it was wasting your time because you watched things that you are not interested in. ▪ I recently got rid of my TV because there is nothing I like watching and I was just wasting my time by watching uninteresting shows. This sentence explains that you wasted time by watching uninteresting TV shows and decided to get rid of it.