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1 fackeln
v/i umg. fig. dither, shilly-shally; nicht lange fackeln mit make short work of; los, nicht lange gefackelt! don’t mess about (Am. around), stop dithering; come on, get on with it; er fackelte nicht lange he didn’t waste any time* * *fạ|ckeln ['fakln]vi (inf)to shillyshally (esp Brit inf)nicht lange gefackelt! — no shillyshallying! (esp Brit inf)
da wird nicht lange gefackelt — there won't be any shillyshallying (esp Brit inf)
* * *fa·ckeln[ˈfakl̩n]* * *nicht lange gefackelt! — no shilly-shallying! (coll.); don't dither about!
* * *fackeln v/i umg fig dither, shilly-shally;nicht lange fackeln mit make short work of;er fackelte nicht lange he didn’t waste any time* * *nicht lange gefackelt! — no shilly-shallying! (coll.); don't dither about!
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2 Eiertanz
m fig.: einen Eiertanz aufführen perform a skil(l)ful balancing act; der Eiertanz der Regierung um die Steuerreform the government’s shilly-shallying about the tax reform* * *Ei|er|tanzmtortuous manoeuvring (Brit) or maneuvering (US)* * *Ei·er·tanz* * *Eiertanz m fig:einen Eiertanz aufführen perform a skil(l)ful balancing act;der Eiertanz der Regierung um die Steuerreform the government’s shilly-shallying about the tax reform
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shilly-shallying — shillˈy shallying noun • • • Main Entry: ↑shilly shally * * * shilly shallying noun [singular] Congress should stop all the shilly shallying and just vote. • • • Main Entry: ↑shilly shally … Useful english dictionary
shilly shallying — Synonyms and related words: caution, cautious, cautiousness, dalliance, dallying, dawdling, delaying, demurring, diffidence, diffident, dilatoriness, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, equivocation, falter, faltering, fluctuating, fluctuation,… … Moby Thesaurus
shilly-shallying — noun The action of the verb … Wiktionary
shilly-shally — shilly shallier, n. /shil ee shal ee/, v., shilly shallied, shilly shallying, n., pl. shilly shallies, adj., adv. v.i. 1. to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate. 2. to waste time; dawdle. n. 3. irresolution; indecision;… … Universalium
shilly-shally — [shil′ē shal΄ē] adv. [redupl. of shall I? meaning “shall I or shall I not?”] Now Rare in a vacillating manner; irresolutely n. Now Rare vacillation or irresolution, esp. over a trivial matter vi. shilly shallied, shilly shallying to be… … English World dictionary
shilly-shally — [[t]ʃɪ̱li ʃæ̱li[/t]] shilly shallies, shilly shallying, shilly shallied VERB: usu cont (disapproval) If you say that someone is shilly shallying, you disapprove of the fact that they are hesitating when they should make a decision. [INFORMAL] It… … English dictionary
shilly-shally — UK [ˈʃɪlɪ ˌʃælɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms shilly shally : present tense I/you/we/they shilly shally he/she/it shilly shallies present participle shilly shallying past tense shilly shallied past participle shilly shallied informal to… … English dictionary
shilly-shally — verb (shilly shallies, shilly shallying, shilly shallied) be indecisive. noun indecisive behaviour. Derivatives shilly shallyer (also shilly shallier) noun Origin C18: orig. as shill I, shall I, reduplication of shall I? … English new terms dictionary
shilly-shally — I. adverb Etymology: irregular reduplication of shall I Date: 1700 in an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner II. adjective Date: 1734 irresolute, vacillating III. intransitive verb (shilly shallied; shilly shallying) … New Collegiate Dictionary
shilly-shally — shil|ly shal|ly [ˈʃıli ˌʃæli] v past tense and past participle shilly shallied present participle shilly shallying third person singular shillyshallies [i]informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: shall I?; probably influenced by dilly dally] to waste… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shilly-shally — v 1. vacillate, yo yo, seesaw, teeter totter; waver, be indecisive, be irresolute, hesitate, hem and haw; go back and forth, fluctuate, oscillate, alternate, blow hot and cold, tergiversate, straddle the fence. n 2. irresolution, indecision,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder