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1 dłub|ać
impf (dłubię) Ⅰ vi 1. (w otworze) to pick, to poke- dłubać (palcem) w nosie to pick one’s nose- dłubanie w nosie to brzydki zwyczaj picking one’s nose is a nasty habit- dłubać w zębach to pick one’s teeth- dłubał patykiem, jakby czegoś szukał he poked a. was poking with a stick as if looking for sth2. pot. (majstrować) to tinker- stale dłubał przy swoim samochodzie he was always tinkering (about) with his car- po pracy lubił sobie dłubać w warsztacie w piwnicy after work he liked to tinker around a. potter about in his workshop in the cellarⅡ vt to carve (out)- dłubał łódeczki z kory dla swoich dzieci he carved out little boats from tree bark for his children- czółna dłubane z jednego kawałka drewna hollowed-out canoes made from single pieces of wood ⇒ wydłubaćⅢ dłubać się pot. to mess a. fiddle around; to dilly-dally pot.- on już pięć lat dłubie się z pisaniem pracy doktorskiej he’s been messing a. fiddling around writing his PhD thesis for the past five years- wszyscy czekają na ciebie, a ty się dłubiesz everyone’s waiting for you and you’re messing about doing nothing!The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > dłub|ać
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2 majdr|ować
impf vi pot., żart. to fiddle (w czymś with sth)- chyba ktoś majdrował w zamku, bo klucz nie chce wejść somebody must have been fiddling with the lock, the key won’t go inThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > majdr|ować
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3 majstrować majstr·ować
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fiddling — [fid liŋ] adj. trifling; useless; petty … English World dictionary
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Fiddling — Fiddle Fid dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fiddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fiddling}.] 1. To play on a fiddle. [1913 Webster] Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To keep the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fiddling — 1. noun action of the verb to fiddle Fiddling the accounts is not legal. 2. adjective Of petty or trivial importance; footling It was a fiddling little faul … Wiktionary
fiddling — adjective Date: 1652 trifling, petty < a fiddling excuse > … New Collegiate Dictionary
fiddling — /fid ling/, adj. trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum of money. [1425 75; late ME; see FIDDLE, ING2] * * * … Universalium
fiddling — fid|dling [ˈfıdlıŋ] adj [only before noun] unimportant, and annoying ▪ fiddling little jobs around the house … Dictionary of contemporary English
fiddling — adjective (only before noun) unimportant, and annoying: all these fiddling little jobs around the house … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fiddling — fid•dling [[t]ˈfɪd lɪŋ[/t]] adj. trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum[/ex] • Etymology: 1645–55 … From formal English to slang
fiddling while Rome burns — To say that someone is fiddling while Rome burns means that they are doing unimportant things while there are serious problems to be dealt with. His visit to the trade fair was fiddling while Rome burns according to the strikers … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
