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fidget ['fɪdʒɪt](be restless) avoir la bougeotte, gigoter;∎ stop fidgeting! arrête de gigoter!;∎ to fidget with sth jouer avec qch, tripoter qch2 noun∎ she's such a fidget elle ne tient pas en place, elle gigote tout le temps;∎ what a fidget you are today! tu ne tiens pas en place ou tu as la bougeotte aujourd'hui!;∎ don't be such a fidget! arrête de gigoter!∎ to have or to get the fidgets (be restless, nervous) ne pas tenir en place -
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A n1 ○ ( dishonest scheme) magouille ○ f ¢ ; to work a fiddle magouiller ○ qch ; it's a complete fiddle! c'est de la grosse magouille ○ ! ; tax fiddle fraude f fiscale ; to be on the fiddle traficoter ○ ;C vi1 ( fidget) to fiddle with sth tripoter qch ;to be as fit as a fiddle être en pleine santé ; to fiddle while Rome burns se ficher de tout comme de l'an 40 ○ ; to have a face as long as a fiddle faire une tête d'enterrement or de six pieds de long ○ ; to play second fiddle to sb être le sous-fifre ○ de qn.1 ( be idle) traîner sa flemme ○ ;2 to fiddle around with sth ( readjust) bricoler [typewriter, engine] ; ( fidget) jouer avec [corkscrew, elastic band]. -
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fiddle ['fɪdəl]1 noun(a) (musical instrument) violon m;∎ to be as fit as a fiddle être en pleine forme, être frais comme un gardon;∎ her face was as long as a fiddle elle faisait une tête d'enterrement;∎ figurative to play second fiddle (to sb) jouer les seconds violons ou rôles (auprès de qn)∎ British to work a fiddle combiner quelque chose;∎ it's a fiddle c'est un attrape-nigaud;∎ to be on the fiddle traficoter;∎ tax fiddle fraude f fiscale∎ stop fiddling! tiens-toi tranquille!, arrête de remuer!;∎ to fiddle with sth (aimlessly, nervously) jouer avec qch; (interfere with) jouer avec ou tripoter qch;∎ to fiddle with one's watch jouer avec sa montre;∎ don't fiddle with the switch laisse l'interrupteur tranquille, ne tripote pas l'interrupteur∎ he fiddled with the knobs on the television il a tourné les boutons de la télé dans tous les sens(c) (play the fiddle) jouer du violon;∎ figurative to fiddle while Rome burns s'occuper de futilités alors qu'il est urgent d'agir∎ to fiddle one's income tax falsifier sa déclaration d'impôts;∎ he fiddled it so that he got the results he wanted il a trafiqué pour obtenir les résultats qu'il voulait∎ he fiddled me out of £20 il m'a refait de 20 livres;∎ I've been fiddled! je me suis fait escroquer!(d) (play → tune) jouer au violon -
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fiddle [ˈfɪdl]1. nouna. ( = violin) violon m• can't you stop fiddling (around)! tiens-toi donc tranquille !* * *['fɪdl] 1.1) (colloq) ( dishonest scheme) magouille (colloq) f [U]tax fiddle — fraude f fiscale
to be on the fiddle — traficoter (colloq)
2) ( violin) violon m2.transitive verb (colloq) ( illegally) falsifier [tax return, figures]3.1) ( fidget)2) ( adjust)to fiddle with — tourner [knobs, controls]
•Phrasal Verbs:••to play second fiddle to somebody — être le sous-fifre (colloq) de quelqu'un
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