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fiddle-faddle

Translations

fiddle-faddlenoun

Informal, chiefly uncountable

I have no time for that kind of fiddle-faddle.

У меня нет времени на такую чепуху.

Don't give me that fiddle-faddle.

Не говори мне эту ерунду.

Additional translations

fiddle-faddleverb

fiddle-faddled

Past Simple

fiddle-faddled

Past Participle

fiddle-faddling

Gerund

Intransitive, informal

Stop fiddle-faddling and finish your homework.

Хватит бездельничать и заканчивай домашнюю работу.

возитьсяПодразумевает пустую, неэффективную суету

He was fiddle-faddling in the garage all afternoon.

Он весь день возился в гараже.

Additional translations

fiddle-faddleinterjection

Used to dismiss something as nonsense

Fiddle-faddle! There’s no way that could happen.

Чепуха! Такого не может случиться.

Additional translations

fiddle-faddlenoun

Trivial or nonsensical talk, ideas, or activity; nonsense.

I have no time for that kind of fiddle-faddle.

fiddle-faddleverb

To waste time with trivial or useless activity; to fuss ineffectively.

Stop fiddle-faddling and finish your homework.

fiddle-faddleinterjection

An exclamation used to express that something is considered nonsense or unimportant.

Fiddle-faddle! There’s no way that could happen.