WHAT IS 'FOR THE TIME BEING'

Hi, "for the time being" is a synomym of "for now", "for this moment", "at present".

SO, CAN I SAY "PLEASE, WAIT FOR THE TIME BEING." TO MEAN "PLEASE, WAIT FOR A SECOND OR MINUTE?"

Your first sentence sounds a little bit odd to my non-native ears, I like the second more, but let's wait for a native speaker first!

Pls STOP using full capitalization. It means SHOUTING on the Web

WHAT MEANS WHEN SOMEONE SAYS

Try: What does it mean when someone says... ?

"For the time being" means "for now," "for the present." It generally would be used for a longer period than a few seconds or a few minutes. If could be hours, days, weeks, or even months.

Ex: I don't really like my job very much, but I

We often use "for the time being" to mean "temporarily".

Look at GG's last example. The people want to wait in the restaurant temporarily.

"we'll do this and/or that for the time being"

Many times it means:

"we'll do this and/or that temporarily, at this time, until something (good/bad) happens/shows up"