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gen. sit around (ничего не делать Sitroz); twiddle one’s thumbs; idle; twiddle one's thumbs; twiddle thumbs; twiddle; dolt; idle away one's time
Игорь Миг sit on one's hands; shirk; sit idle
context. lie down (Bartek2001)
Gruzovik, inf. fritter away time
idiom. beat off (Interex); bum (jollyhamster)
inf. slack; jerk around (They jerked around for hours instead of doing their homework. VLZ_58); knock around (informal to spend time somewhere, without doing anything serious or important: After three years knocking around at university, Sammy still had no idea about a future career. "knock about" may also be used. VLZ_58); dawdle (schnuller); screw around (Franka_LV); play grab ass (T); la dee dah (заниматься чем-то (обычно ерундой), оттягивая выполнение важного дела grafDark)
Makarov. bugger about; hack around; twiddle one's fingers
Makarov., rude bugger around
polit. twiddle one's thumbs (bigmaxus)
slang veg out (Andrey Truhachev); screw down (lavazza)
vulg. fuck about (В.И.Макаров)
бить баклуши: 4 phrases in 2 subjects
Informal1
Makarov3