dilly dally
dil‧ly-dal‧ly /ˈdɪli ˌdæli/ verb (past tense and past participle dilly-dallied, present participle dilly-dallying, third person singular dilly-dallies) [intransitive]
اتلاف وقت کردن، بیهوده وقت گذراندن
dil‧ly-dal‧ly /ˈdɪli ˌdæli/
verb (
past tense and past participle dilly-dallied,
present participle dilly-dallying,
third person singular dilly-dallies)
[intransitive][
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: dally]
to waste time, because you cannot decide about something:
Don’t dilly-dally, just get on with it! [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲