wayside
n (usu sing 通常作单数)
1 (land at the) side of a road or path 路旁(的地方)
[attrib 作定语]
wayside flowers 路旁的花.
2 (idm 习语) fall by the `wayside(euph 婉) fail to make progress in life; slip into dishonest ways 未能在生活中取得成就; 步入歧途.
Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.