He wasted time on the way to the library.

In his anger, he bit off the apple.

He always keeps in mind the saying, 'those who do not work should not eat.'

He gritted his teeth to bear the pain.

He has done everything he can to prepare for the exam, and now he is in a state of 'doing all that is humanly possible and waiting for fate to take its course'.

They say 'even a dog wouldn't eat a couple's quarrel', but our quarrels are not that serious.

The fact that he likes that movie is truly a case of 'there's no accounting for taste'.