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dilly-dally

VI เสียเวลา ใน การตัดสินใจ  รวนเร  ชักช้า  อืดอาด  delay dawdle stall hasten hurry sia-we-la-nai-kan-tad-sin-jai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DILLY-DALLY

Dil "ly-dal `ly, v. i. Etym: [See Dally. ]

 

Defn: To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dilly-dally

dil ly-dal ly |ˈˌdɪli ˈˌdæli | verb ( dilly-dallies, dilly-dallying, dilly-dallied ) [ no obj. ] informal waste time through aimless wandering or indecision: don't dilly-dally for too long. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: reduplication of dally .

 

Oxford Dictionary

dilly-dally

dilly-dally |ˈdɪlɪdali | verb ( dilly-dallies, dilly-dallying, dilly-dallied ) [ no obj. ] informal waste time through aimless wandering or indecision: don't dilly-dally for too long. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: reduplication of dally .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dilly-dally

dilly-dally verb informal we can't dilly-dally when there are critical decisions to be made: waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet; dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw; informal shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet; archaic tarry. ANTONYMS hurry.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dilly-dally

dilly-dally verb informal the board can't afford to dilly-dally over this issue: waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, mark time, kill time, while away time, potter, trifle, temporize, stall, procrastinate, drag one's feet, play a waiting game; dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, fluctuate; Brit. haver, hum and haw; Scottish swither; informal shilly-shally, blow hot and cold, let the grass grow under one's feet, pussyfoot around; archaic or literary tarry. ANTONYMS hurry.