mess around
phrasal verbwithmessverbuk/mes/us/mes/
(UKalsomess about)(SPEND TIME)
C1informal
tospendtimedoingvariousthings that are notimportant, without anyparticularpurposeorplan:
浪费时间；磨蹭Theyspendtheirweekendsmessingaround ontheirboat.他们在船上消磨他们的周末时光。
Mybrotherlikesmessingaroundwithcomputers.我弟弟喜欢玩电脑打发时间。
Hespentthedaywithfriends, justmessingabout.他一整天只是和朋友在一起闲逛。
- Hespendsalldaymessingaround with thedogsinsteadofworking.
- Stopmessingaroundwatchingthetelly, and come andhelpme.
- Wespenttheweekmessingaround in thecottage.
- I need tostopmessingaround and make somedecisions.
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch
(ACT STUPIDLY)
tobehavein astupidorannoyingway:
胡闹Stopmessingaround andlistento me!别胡闹了，听我说！
- Immediately after she'd gone, theboysstartedtomessaround.
- Thechildrenweredrivingmemadbymessingaround all thetime.
- Stopmessingaround - I'mtryingto beserious.
- Hespentall histimeatschooljustmessingaround.
Behaving in a silly way
- act/play the goatidiom
- be asking for it/troubleidiom
- be playing atsomethingidiom
- blonde
- clown
- cutsomethingup
- faff
- goof
- goof around
- have a blonde momentidiom
- horse
- horse around
- kid
- mess
- monkey around
- mucksomeone/somethingabout/around
- piss(someone)about/around
- play around
- play silly buggersidiom
- spectacle