All right, stop fiddling around with me and tell me how much you will give me for my car.
•Now it's time for all of you to quit fiddling around and get to work.
•Tom, you have to stop spending your time fiddling about with your friends. It's time to get serious with your studies.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
screw around with someone or something — in. to toy with, fiddle with or play around with someone or something. □ Andy screwed around with his clock until he broke it. □ Look, chum! Don’t screw around with me! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
fuck around with someone — 1. AND fuck someone around tv. & in. to harass or ntimidate someone; to give someone a hard time. (Taboo. Usually objectionable.) □ Don’t fuck around with me all the time! Give me a break. □ You fuck me around too much. I’m quitting! 2. in. to… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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 — fid|dle1 [ fıdl ] verb * 1. ) intransitive to touch or move something with many small quick movements of your fingers because you are bored, nervous, or concentrating on something else: fiddle with: She fiddled with her napkin, avoiding his eyes … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fiddle — [[t]fɪ̱d(ə)l[/t]] fiddles, fiddling, fiddled 1) VERB If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers. [V with n] Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk. 2) VERB If you fiddle with something, you change it in… … English dictionary
fiddle — [c]/ˈfɪdl / (say fidl) verb (fiddled, fiddling) –verb (i) 1. to make aimless movements, as with the hands. 2. to play on the fiddle. 3. to trifle. 4. Colloquial to profit or gain by surreptitious crookedness. –verb (t) 5. to play (a tune) on a… …
fiddle — I UK [ˈfɪd(ə)l] / US verb Word forms fiddle : present tense I/you/we/they fiddle he/she/it fiddles present participle fiddling past tense fiddled past participle fiddled * 1) a) [intransitive] to touch or move something with many small quick… … English dictionary
muck about/around — (Brit. informal) 1 he was mucking about with his mates: FOOL ABOUT/AROUND, play about/around, clown about/around, footle about/around; informal mess about/around, horse about/around, lark (about/around). 2 someone s been mucking about with the… … Useful english dictionary
fool around — 1) someone s been fooling around with the controls Syn: fiddle, play (around), toy, trifle, meddle, tamper, interfere, monkey (around); informal mess (around) 2) informal my husband s been fooling around Syn: philander, womanize … Thesaurus of popular words
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) — Compilation album by Merle Haggard Releas … Wikipedia
Gone with the Wind (film) — Infobox Film name = Gone With The Wind image size = 215px caption = original release poster director = Victor Fleming Uncredited: George Cukor Sam Wood producer = David O. Selznick writer = Screenplay: Sidney Howard Novel: Margaret Mitchell… … Wikipedia
