Falta mucho

While waiting for our sandwich the other day (for a while) my friend asked the waiter "falter mucho?" I then said falta mucho que? She answered time/wait. I said don't you need to refer to the wait or the time we have been waiting or how much more time? No-its understood was the answer.--It would seem to me that one would need a sentence before "falta mucho" as to what is the subject.
Clarify for me please as my Spanish falta mucho.

Thanks JOHN

I was reminded

Lesley D said:

This is a perfect example of an idiom or fixed expression (see the thread I started today). Certain expressions in any language cannot be translated literally and you are trying to translate the expression word for word it seems.

Falta mucho y falta poco both are idioms that refer to time more or less respectively.


LDG.

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of my experience after reading your tread-and I suspected as much. Many thanks. JOHN