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1 Goofing off
Разговорное выражение: wasting time., болтать впустую, говорить о том, что не содержит никакой важной информации -
2 goofing off, fooling around, playing around, monkeying around, messing around, horsing around, screwing around, clowning around.
Американский английский: валять дуракаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > goofing off, fooling around, playing around, monkeying around, messing around, horsing around, screwing around, clowning around.
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3 goof off
phrvi AmE sl1)Somebody is goofing off on the job — Кто-то, мне кажется, здесь сачкует
I got sore at Freddie because he was banging all the cocktail waitresses and letting them goof off on the job — Я разозлился на Фредди, потому что он трахал всех официанток подряд и позволял им сачковать на работе
2)I could see he wasn't drunk, he was goofing off — Я видел, что он не пьяный, а просто не от мира сего
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4 goof off
goof around/off Am inf лодыря гонять, прохлаждаться, бездельничать, филонить, сачковатьYou’ll never get your studying done if you spend half your time goofing around.
The supervisor told us to stop goofing around and get back to work again.
That stenographer is always goofing off in the company cafeteria instead of getting my letters typed.
He was always flirting with all the waitresses and letting them goof off on the job.
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5 goof off
фраз. гл.; амер.; разг. сачковать, увиливать от работы, коситьHey you guys! Quit goofing off and do some work! — Эй, вы, там! Хватить сачковать! Сделайте хоть что-нибудь!
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6 goof around
goof around/off Am inf лодыря гонять, прохлаждаться, бездельничать, филонить, сачковатьYou’ll never get your studying done if you spend half your time goofing around.
The supervisor told us to stop goofing around and get back to work again.
That stenographer is always goofing off in the company cafeteria instead of getting my letters typed.
He was always flirting with all the waitresses and letting them goof off on the job.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > goof around
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7 slacking
1. n геол. отслаивание; выветривание2. n тех. расшатывание, ослабление3. n тех. вытягиваниеСинонимический ряд:1. wasting time (adj.) evading; goofing off; letting down; letting up; loafing; putting in time; shirking; slowing down; wasting time2. easing (verb) easing; easing off; let up; loosening; loosing; relaxing; slackening -
8 Shooting The Bull
Разговорное выражение: Пустые речи, не содержащие никакой важной информации (Пример: "The new foreman said that we were shooting the bull too much."), Goofing off, Talking about nothing of importance, wasting time -
9 give someone the bird
expr sl1)One has known applause and one has known being given bird, and I don't think either is of any importance — Были и аплодисменты, были свист и шиканье, но я не думаю, что то или другое имеет какое-либо значение
2)They had given him the bird for goofing off on the job — Они выгнали его с работы за то, что он постоянно сачковал
3) AmE vulgA lot of kids give people the bird all the time because they see it on television — Дети показывают окружающим вот так рукой, потому что они видят это по телевизору
The kid gave me the bird so I bopped him — Парень сделал мне неприличный жест рукой, поэтому я его ударил
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > give someone the bird
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10 shirking
уклоняться; уклонение; уклоняющийсяСинонимический ряд:1. wasting time (adj.) evading; goofing off; letting down; letting up; loafing; putting in time; slacking; slowing down; wasting time2. dodging (verb) dodging; ducking; fencing; parrying; sidestepping3. lounging (verb) idling; lazing; loafing; loitering; lounging4. neglecting (verb) disregarding; neglecting5. sneaking (verb) creeping; gliding; lurking; pussyfooting; skulking; sliding; slinking; slipping; sneaking; stealing -
11 goof
[guːf] 1. сущ.; амер.; разг.1) дурак, тупица, кретинSyn:2) оплошность, ошибкаI believe they have made a goof. — Я полагаю, что они допустили ошибку.
Syn:2. гл.; амер.; разг.1)а) = goof up сделать нелепую ошибку, грубо ошибиться, промахнутьсяSyn:blunder 2)б) обыкновенно goof up портить, запарывать ( дело)Syn:You're goofing on me, right? — Ты, должно быть, решил надо мной пошутить?
Syn:•- goof off
См. также в других словарях:
Goofing off — is engaging in recreation or an idle pastime while obligations of work or society are neglected. Common obligations neglected in the course of goofing off include schoolwork, paid employment, social courtesies and the expectations of… … Wikipedia
goofing off — noun the evasion of work or duty • Syn: ↑shirking, ↑slacking, ↑soldiering, ↑goldbricking • Derivationally related forms: ↑goldbrick (for: ↑goldbricking), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
off guard — Synonyms and related words: asleep, culpably negligent, derelict, goofing off, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, laissez faire, lax, loose, napping, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nodding, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, overly permissive … Moby Thesaurus
goof off — ˌgoof ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they goof off he/she/it goofs off present participle goofing off … Useful english dictionary
goof off — {v.}, {slang} To loaf or be lazy; not want to work or be serious; fool around. * /Tow didn t get promoted because he goofed off all the time and never did his homework./ * /If you goof off on the job too much, you ll be fired./ … Dictionary of American idioms
goof off — {v.}, {slang} To loaf or be lazy; not want to work or be serious; fool around. * /Tow didn t get promoted because he goofed off all the time and never did his homework./ * /If you goof off on the job too much, you ll be fired./ … Dictionary of American idioms
goof off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms goof off : present tense I/you/we/they goof off he/she/it goofs off present participle goofing off past tense goofed off past participle goofed off American informal to waste time when you should be working … English dictionary
goof off — verb To dawdle; to engage in idle activity or inactivity. He sat there goofing off all day instead of working … Wiktionary
goof off — play, fool around, horse around We were goofing off in the hall before class joking and stuff … English idioms
goof off — fool around, not work or be serious He has been goofing off all afternoon and has not got any work done … Idioms and examples
goof off — to avoid work. She spent most of the school day goofing off with her friends … New idioms dictionary
