never got around to doing something

[mieth]

Does anyone know the grammar to express the idea of never being able to get around to doing something? lemme know

[jazzbeans]

〜する余裕ができる
～まで手が回る
= to get around to

ごめん、君のためにここにある書類をファイルする余裕がなかったんだ
= Sorry, but I never got around to filing these papers for you.

私が芸術家としてやりたいことにはいつまでたっても手が回らない
= I never get around to doing what I want to do as an artist.

Here's something else I found:

綴じ込みした資料で関連のある論文を探すことは、優れた案のようではあるが、関連のある資料はないかもしれず、持っていたとしても、適切にそれを読む時間はない。
= Finding the relevant article in your reprint file sounds a good idea, but you may not have a relevant reprint and even if you do you never get around to reading it properly.


I hope that helps!

[Javizy]

eijirou is good for looking up phrases like this. Check alc.co.jp

[jazzbeans]

=D Thanks Javizy, Eijirou looks as if it'll really come in handy!