| 词汇 | faff around |
| 释义 | Phr V faff around faffs, faffing, faffed faff about/around British informal to spend time doing unimportant things instead of doing what you should be doingI wish you'd stop faffing about and do something useful! faff around ⇨ faff about; faff aroundverb to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance. An apparent euphemism for FUCK but originally British dialect faffle with the same sense UK, 1874faff about/around BrE informal to waste time doing unnecessary things, especially when you should be doing something else instead: Have you nearly finished faffing around in the bathroom? We spent the whole morning faffing about trying to find a garage.■ SIMILAR TO: mess around/about informal, fart around/about informal, putz around AmE informal faff aroundTo waste time or procrastinate by doing something unproductive or unhelpful; to fool around or spend time idly. Primarily heard in UK. Would you quit faffing around and give me a hand cleaning the house? I should have started this essay last week, but I've been faffing around with my new video game console. |
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