piddle around

piddle around

To waste time idly or aimlessly. Almost always followed by "around." Stop piddling around and get to work! We were supposed to be working on our essays, but we just piddled around for most of the day.
See also: around, piddle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

piddle around

Fig. to waste time doing little or nothing. Stop piddling around and get busy. I'm not piddling around. I am experimenting.
See also: around, piddle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

piddle (around)

in. to waste time; to work aimlessly or inefficiently. Can’t you get serious and stop piddling?
See also: around, piddle
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • get (someone) around the table
  • get around the table
  • crap around
  • find way around
  • faunch around
  • around (one's) ears
  • bomb around
  • go around and around
  • gaze around
  • crowd around (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Ha, they would get up at 10-11 a.m., piddle around for an hour or two and quit!
Where are all the homesteaders? Could it be that the outhouse blues have struck?