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  • 31Fiddle —   [englisch, fɪdl], Violine …

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  • 32fiddle — англ. [фидл] Fidel, Fiedel нем. [фи/дэль] fidula лат. [фи/дула] фидель, старин. смычковый инструм …

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  • 33fiddle-faddle — 1570s (n.); 1630s (v.), apparently a reduplication of obsolete faddle to trifle …

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  • 34fiddle away something — fiddle away (something) to waste time doing nothing in particular. Billy fiddles away hours on end arranging his model cars …

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  • 35fiddle away — (something) to waste time doing nothing in particular. Billy fiddles away hours on end arranging his model cars …

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  • 36fiddle while rome burns — If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 37fiddle — [v] mess with, tinker dabble, doodle, feel, fidget, finger, fool, handle, interfere, mess, mess around*, monkey*, play, potter, puddle, putter, tamper, touch, toy, trifle, twiddle; concepts 87,291 …

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  • 38Fiddle — 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… …

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  • 39fiddle — /fid l/, n., v., fiddled, fiddling. n. 1. a musical instrument of the viol family. 2. violin: Her aunt plays first fiddle with the state symphony orchestra. 3. Naut. a small ledge or barrier raised in heavy weather to keep dishes, pots, utensils …

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  • 40fiddle — 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 …

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