Twiddling your thumbs not doing shit, running around in circles getting nowhere fast, in a hurry to wait, running uphill through the mud on a windy day.
> You need to quit fiddle farting and start working.
fiddle: n. 1.〔口語〕提琴,提琴類樂器。 2.【航海】防食器滾落的餐具框、欄。 3.欺騙行為。 as fit as a fiddle [flea] 神采奕奕。 hang up the fiddle 隱退;住手不干。 hang up one's fiddle when one comes home 在外談笑興致高,回家悶頭睡懶覺。 have a face as long as a fiddle 板著面孔。 play first fiddle 做領頭人,當?shù)谝话咽?,帶頭。 play second fiddle 做第二把手,充當副手。 play third fiddle 當?shù)谌咽郑斉浣恰?int. = fiddle sticks. vt. 1.用提琴演奏。 2.虛度(時光)。 3.〔俚語〕欺騙,偽造(賬目等)。 vi. 1.〔口語〕拉提琴。 2.虛度光陰,鬼混。 3.(胡亂地,神經(jīng)質(zhì)地)摸弄;玩弄,瞎擺弄。 F- while Rome is burning. 盡管大難臨頭,依然歌舞升平。 Stop fiddling around and get to work. 別再鬼混,去干活吧! fiddle about [around] 閑逛,混日子。 fiddle with (胡亂)玩弄,撫摸(He keeps fiddling with the dials on the radio, he is sure to put it out of order. 他老是玩弄收音機上的刻度盤,一定會把它弄壞的)。
fiddle: n. 1.〔口語〕提琴,提琴類樂器。 2.【航?!糠朗称鳚L落的餐具框、欄。 3.欺騙行為。 as fit as a fiddle [flea] 神采奕奕。 hang up the fiddle 隱退;住手不干。 hang up one's fiddle when one comes home 在外談笑興致高,回家悶頭睡懶覺。 have a face as long as a fiddle 板著面孔。 play first fiddle 做領頭人,當?shù)谝话咽郑瑤ь^。 play second fiddle 做第二把手,充當副手。 play third fiddle 當?shù)谌咽郑斉浣恰?int. = fiddle sticks. vt. 1.用提琴演奏。 2.虛度(時光)。 3.〔俚語〕欺騙,偽造(賬目等)。 vi. 1.〔口語〕拉提琴。 2.虛度光陰,鬼混。 3.(胡亂地,神經(jīng)質(zhì)地)摸弄;玩弄,瞎擺弄。 F- while Rome is burning. 盡管大難臨頭,依然歌舞升平。 Stop fiddling around and get to work. 別再鬼混,去干活吧! fiddle about [around] 閑逛,混日子。 fiddle with (胡亂)玩弄,撫摸(He keeps fiddling with the dials on the radio, he is sure to put it out of order. 他老是玩弄收音機上的刻度盤,一定會把它弄壞的)。 fiddle with: 亂動, 篡改; 無意識地撥弄as fine as a fiddle: 精神飽滿, 身體極好as fit as a fiddle: 非常健康; 精神飽滿, 身體極好; 身體很好; 身體特別好blue fiddle: 藍色小提琴fiddle around: 吊兒郎當,不務正業(yè); 玩弄; 虛度光陰, 鬼混fiddle away: 浪費時間fiddle back: 類似提琴的東西; 提琴背(板)fiddle block: 提琴式滑車fiddle board: 桌邊風暴圍板; 桌邊活動框fiddle bow: 提琴弓。 fiddle bridge: 弓形的支架fiddle butt: 樂器用材; 樂器用干基材; 樂器用于基材fiddle case: 提琴匣。 fiddle crab: 提琴蟹fiddle drill: 棒鉆, 弓鉆; 弓轉(zhuǎn)鉆; 弓鉆fiddle faddle: 快節(jié)奏的小提琴手fiddle fish: 扁鯊fiddle front: 提琴型前身fiddle head: 船飾; 曲線型艏fiddle pattern: (刀、叉等柄部的)提琴形。 fiddle point: 雷達引導地標fiddle rack: 桌面框fiddle sower: 點播器fiddle stick: 手搖播種機