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as cross as two sticksTo be in a very bad temper.Rate it:

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fiddle aboutTo waste time; spend time idly.Rate it:

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fiddle aroundThe act of needless attention, inappropriate experimentation, lackadaisical manipulations.Rate it:

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fiddle awayTo play the fiddle idly.Rate it:

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fiddle awayTo wasteRate it:

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fiddle faddlenonsenseRate it:

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fiddle sticksInterjection, nonsense word. Derived from violin bows being called sticks.Rate it:

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fiddle while Rome burnsTo neglect helping when one's time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.Rate it:

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Fiddle While Rome BurnsTo do nothing or engage you in trivial things knowing that something urgent and critical is happening aroundRate it:

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fiddle withTo adjust the position, as of an electronic device, in order to provide better reception or signal.Rate it:

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fiddle withTo manipulate an object, especially in a nervous or restless manner.Rate it:

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fiddle withTo manipulate in order to gain something for oneself.Rate it:

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fit as a fiddlePerfectly fit; in excellent health.Rate it:

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Fit as a FiddleBeing in good health and shapeRate it:

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HE-double-hockey-sticksHell.Rate it:

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horse aroundTo play or fiddle; to clown; to do nothing of importance or consequence.Rate it:

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il est d'une humeur massacranteHe is as cross as two sticks.Rate it:

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il ne faut prendre de son ami tout ce qu'on peutFriends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.Rate it:

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in the sticksA long distance away from anywhere of importance.Rate it:

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man of one's wordSomeone who sticks to their promisesRate it:

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mess aroundTo fiddle idly.Rate it:

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play first fiddleTo play a leading role.Rate it:

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play second fiddleTo play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.Rate it:

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Play Second FiddleTo be subservient to someone, to follow someone or somethingRate it:

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play someone like a fiddleSkilfully.Rate it:

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play withTo fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.Rate it:

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rien ne lui coûteHe sticks at nothing; He spares no trouble.Rate it:

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screw withTo fiddle with; to tinker.Rate it:

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second fiddleA fiddle part in harmony to the first fiddle.Rate it:

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second fiddleThe person playing second fiddle.Rate it:

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second fiddleA sidekick or subordinate, or the role of such a person.Rate it:

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snowmanA humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks, a carrot, and stones or coal.Rate it:

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sticks and stonesEvocative of the saying "sticks and stones may (or will) break my bones, but words (or names) will never hurt (or harm) me".1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money StoppedRate it:

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sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt meA response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference.Rate it:

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sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt meAlternative form of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.Rate it:

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to live out in the sticksTo live in a remote location.Rate it:

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to stick aroundOne whom sticks around is a person in waiting, quietly present and ready to serve.Rate it:

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