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121 безделнича
loaf, idie (about); do nothing, idie away o.'s time; fribble, twiddle, maroon; sl. muck/mooch about, mike* * *бездѐлнича,гл., мин. св. деят прич. бездѐлничил loaf, idle (about); do nothing, idle/fritter/fiddle away o.’s time; fribble, twiddle, maroon; разг. footle around; sl. muck/mooch about, mike.* * *ден.; loiter; lounge; poke{pouk}; slack; to muck about* * *loaf, idie (about);do nothing, idie away o.'s time;fribble, twiddle, maroon; sl. muck/mooch about, mike -
122 бить баклуши
разг., неодобр.be busy doing nothing; fritter (idle, loiter) away one's time; waste one's time; loaf around; dawdle; cf. twiddle (twirl) one's thumbs (fingers); sit twiddling one's thumbs (fingers); fold one's arms (hands); sit with idle hands; eat lotus; sit like a bump on a log Amer.; sit picking one's noseПапа сказал, что будет нам в деревне баклуши бить, что мы перестали быть маленькими и что пора нам серьёзно учиться. (Л. Толстой, Детство) — Papa said we'd had enough of idling away our time in the country, that we were no longer infants and that it was high time we had begun to study in earnest.
Ведь он не баклуши бил, он трое суток оперировал, почти трое суток. Он оперировал, и его кололи кофеином, чтобы он не заснул стоя... (Ю. Герман, Дорогой мой человек) — After all, he hadn't been loafing around the last three days. He had been operating without a stop, with the nurses giving him caffeine injections all the time so he wouldn't fall asleep oh his feet...
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123 baloccare
◘ baloccarsi v.rifl.1 to play* * *[balok'kare]1. vt(trastullare) to keep amused2. vr (baloccarsi)(perder tempo) to fritter (one's) time away -
124 mitręż|yć
impf Ⅰ vt przest. (tracić) to waste, to fritter a. idle away [czas]; to waste, to dissipate [siły]- mitrężyć czas na oglądaniu telewizji to waste time a. to idle one’s hours away watching television ⇒ zmitrężyćⅡ vi książk. (zwlekać) to dally, to dilly-dally, to shilly-shally (z czymś over sth)- mitrężyć z robotą to dawdle a. dilly-dally a. shilly-shally over one’s workThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > mitręż|yć
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125 играть в бирюльки
разг., неодобр.play spillikins; waste one's time on trifles; trifle (fritter) one's time away; occupy oneself with trifles- Как же вы ратуете за мероприятие, которому только ещё собираетесь учиться? Зовёте на дорогу, а куда она выведет - самой вам неизвестно. Не в бирюльки играем! (Г. Николаева, Повесть о директоре МТС и главном агрономе) — 'How can you advocate something you still intend to learn? You want us to do something you yourself have no idea about. We're not playing spillikins!'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > играть в бирюльки
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126 собак гонять
прост., неодобр.hang about; loaf (loiter, fritter) one's time awayТит Титыч.
Слушай ты, Андрюшка! Будет тебе по Москве-то собак гонять!... Пора тебе, дураку, за ум браться! (А. Островский, Тяжёлые дни) — Tit Titych. Look here, Andryushka! Quit your hanging about Moscow!... It's high time you grew wiser. -
127 бирюльки
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > бирюльки
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128 bummeln
v/i umg.* * *(trödeln) to dawdle; to lag;(umhergehen) to saunter; to stroll* * *bụm|meln ['bʊmln]vi1) aux sein (= spazieren gehen) to stroll; (= Lokale besuchen) to go (a)round the pubs/bars etc; (= ausgehen) to go out on the townim Park bummeln gehen — to go for or take a stroll in the park
2) (= trödeln) to dawdle, to hang about (inf)3) (= faulenzen) to idle or fritter one's time away, to take it easy* * ** * *bum·meln[ˈbʊml̩n]vi▪ [irgendwo] \bummeln to stroll [somewhere]\bummeln gehen to go for a stroll* * *intransitives Verb (ugs.)bummeln gehen — go for or take a stroll
durch die Kneipen bummeln — go round the pubs (Brit. coll.); go on a pub crawl (Brit. coll.)
2) (trödeln) dawdlebei den Schulaufgaben bummeln — dawdle over one's homework
3) (faulenzen) laze about; do nothing* * *bummeln v/i umg3.bummeln gehen (Lokale besuchen) have a night out (on the tiles)* * *intransitives Verb (ugs.)bummeln gehen — go for or take a stroll
durch die Kneipen bummeln — go round the pubs (Brit. coll.); go on a pub crawl (Brit. coll.)
2) (trödeln) dawdle3) (faulenzen) laze about; do nothing* * *v.to stroll v.
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