I heard the following line in an English-speaking movie :
We bought very little today, and mainly did a lot of window shopping.
What does the speaker mean by window shopping?
Answer
window shopping stands when you browse the shops without actually buying. (Not just because of lack of money. A lot of people like passing around the shops without buying a thing.)
Example of window shopping:
Dialogue example:
— What else did you buy?
— Couple of stuff but the rest was just window shopping.
— Ah, you were looking at stuff but you didn’t buy them anyway.
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : starkeen , Answer Author : Schwale
