Idiom
wait for Godot
Meaning
To wait hopelessly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't wait for Godot; he is never coming.”
“We sat in the empty office for hours waiting for Godot, knowing the manager would never actually arrive.”
“The villagers continued their futile vigil, waiting for Godot, despite the clear evidence that their promised savior had long since abandoned them.”
Examples
simple
“Don't wait for Godot; he is never coming.”
contextual
“We sat in the empty office for hours waiting for Godot, knowing the manager would never actually arrive.”
complex
“The villagers continued their futile vigil, waiting for Godot, despite the clear evidence that their promised savior had long since abandoned them.”
Origin
Refers to the surreal comic play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, in which two tramps engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting "Godot", who never arrives.
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