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الإنجليزية - التركية
(deyim) Aylaklık etmek, işsiz güçsüz dolaşmak, çalışmamak
(deyim) 1. (fiili) zamanı faydasız geçirmnek, aylaklık etmek. 2. (isim) aylaklık
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
To waste time on an unproductive activity

I decided to stop faffing about and get some work done.

(deyim) 1. (verb) spend time in ineffectual activity. 2. (noun) ineffectual activity
(deyim) (UK, slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity

I decided to stop faffing about and get some work done.

{i} inefficient activity
+ faff about or faff around faff about If you say that someone is faffing about or faffing around, you mean that they are doing things in a disorganized way and not achieving very much. It was annoying to watch them faffing around when a more direct response was required. faff about/around to waste time doing unnecessary things
{f} (British) run around in an unproductive manner; spend time doing many insignificant things
To waste time on unproductive activity