fiddle about

fiddle about
бездельничать;
шататься без дела (разговорное) бездельничать;
шататься - I spent the whole morning fiddling about я проболтался целое утро

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.

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  • Fiddle About — Chanson par The Who extrait de l’album Tommy Pays  Angleterre Sortie 23 mai …   Wikipédia en Français

  • fiddle about — phrasal verb fiddle around or fiddle about [intransitive] Word forms fiddle around : present tense I/you/we/they fiddle around he/she/it fiddles around present participle fiddling around past tense fiddled around past participle fiddled around 1) …   English dictionary

  • fiddle about — be lazy, lounge around, loiter about …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fiddle about — …   Useful english dictionary

  • fiddle about with something — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fiddle — Infobox Instrument name=Fiddle names= classification=String instrument (bowed) range= related= *Violin family (viola, cello) *Viol family (includes double bass) musicians= *List of fiddlers builders= * articles=ViolinThe term fiddle refers to a… …   Wikipedia

  • fiddle — 1 noun (C) informal 1 BrE a dishonest way of getting money: a tax fiddle | be on the fiddle (=be getting money dishonestly or illegally): They suspected he was on the fiddle all along. 2 a violin 3 be a fiddle to be difficult to do and involve… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fiddle — fid|dle1 [ˈfıdl] n informal [Date: 1200 1300; : Medieval Latin; Origin: vitula instrument played at ceremonies ] 1.) a ↑violin 2.) BrE a dishonest way of getting money ▪ an insurance fiddle on the fiddle …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fiddle around — (in BRIT, also use fiddle about) 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fiddle around or fiddle about with a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work. [V P with n] Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine. [Also V P] Syn: tinker 2)… …   English dictionary

  • fiddle around — phrasal verb fiddle around or fiddle about [intransitive] Word forms fiddle around : present tense I/you/we/they fiddle around he/she/it fiddles around present participle fiddling around past tense fiddled around past participle fiddled around 1) …   English dictionary

  • fiddle —  1. {n.] & v. Cheat. Swindle.  ☺ Also be on the fiddle Be involved in swindling.  2. A detailed piece of work (usu. causing irritation).  3. fiddle (with) Fidget. Also n. fiddler,  4. fiddle about Behave resdessly or to no purpose. Also n.… …   A concise dictionary of English slang


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