fiddle about

ˈfɪdəl əˈbaʊt
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Translation of fiddle about into German

Phrasal verb

intr.

wasting time

UK
waste time doing unimportant things
UK
herumtrödeln herumdaddeln
  • He fiddled about instead of starting his work.Er trödelte herum, anstatt mit seiner Arbeit zu beginnen.
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Synonyms and analogies of fiddle about in English

Examples of fiddle about in a sentence

  • Instead of cleaning, he fiddled about with the TV remote all day.

Translations of "fiddle about" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
tüftelnv.

However, one had further to fiddle about, in order to elicit the engine the final performance.

Allerdings muss man noch weiter tüfteln, um dem Motor die endgültige Leistung zu entlocken.

and which innovations we just fiddle about.

und an welchen Neuerungen wir gerade tüfteln.

They fiddle about while CEOs and marketing executives present their babies to the public.

Sie tüfteln und konstruieren, während Vorstände und Marketingchefs ihre Babys der Weltöffentlichkeit präsentieren.

Moreover, children have a huge space to play, romp about and fiddle about for hours.

Darüber hinaus haben die lieben Kleinen immens viel Platz um sich stundenlang ins Spielen, Ausprobieren und Tüfteln zu vertiefen.

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I like levels in which I have an immediate overview and nevertheless have to fiddle about a long time, and here this is brilliantly put into action.

Ich mag Level, bei denen ich sofort alles im Blick habe und trotzdem lange Zeit am Tüfteln bin, und hier wird dies hervorragend umgesetzt.

The warm light and the fresh air at the still bright morning - the cozy evening with occasional rain, dusk falling earlier every day. The clocks seem to tick slower, and you have time again to enjoy... and to fiddle about...

Das warme Licht und die frische Luft am noch hellen Morgen - der gemütliche Abend bei gelegentlichem Regen und immer früherer Dämmerung... Die Uhren scheinen langsamer zu laufen und man hat wieder Zeit zum Genießen... und Tüfteln...

While the nerds at Aleph Objects fiddle about with machinery that in the future will produce things that we can hardly imagine now, normal life takes its course next door.

Während also die „Nerds" von Aleph Objects an den Maschinen tüfteln, die in Zukunft Dinge schaffen werden, die wir uns derzeit kaum vorstellen können, geht nebenan das normale Leben seinen gewohnten Gang.

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