watch the world go by

/W AA1 CH DH AH0 W ER0 L D G OW0 B AY0/
verb
  1. 1

    To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself.

    โ€œI think I'll just sit under this tree and watch the world go by.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/watch%20the%20world%20go%20by