| 释义 |
faff about; faff around
verb
to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance UK, 1874
An apparent euphemism for FUCKfaffle with the same sense.- Richard faffed around trying to avoid burning himself[.] — Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, p. 4, 1996
- [I]t’s just when my brother’s on it [a video game], he says “oh you can play on it” then he just faffs about, then he goes “oh I’ll have it back now”, so really, he’s just messing about with it. — Sara McNamee, Cool Places, p. 202, 1998
- Whatever you do, don’t faff around[.] — Liza Cody (Editors: Stella Duffy and Lavren Henderson), Queen of Mean [Tart Noir], p. 80, 2002
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