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(Adjective) nieważny, drobny, błahy; małostkowy;

(Noun) przekręty, machlojki;

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Wordnet angielsko-polski

( (informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money"
"a footling gesture"
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
"a little (or small) matter"
"a dispute over niggling details"
"limited to petty enterprises"
"piffling efforts"
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction")
bagatelny
synonim: footling
synonim: lilliputian
synonim: little
synonim: niggling
synonim: piddling
synonim: piffling
synonim: petty
synonim: picayune
synonim: trivial

Przykłady użycia

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45am: The supreme court will publish the ruling explaining why it decided that the three MPs accused of fiddling their expenses cannot use parliamentary privilege to avoid a criminal trial.

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He started fiddling with it, trying to cock it and lift it but the gun was too heavy, so he rested it on the desk, closed an eye and whispered tatatatatata at an imaginary enemy on the wall.

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If anything is broken it is the link between Westminster and every other urban village in Britain, and fiddling with the voting system will not address that.

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Never mind that the real story was about yet another MP (gay, straight, whatever) caught fiddling his expenses and mumbling pathetic excuses as he left; everyone was wailing about "poor David" and his "terrible treatment".

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A little more fiddling around with Article 136 is not an answer.
Dalsze majstrowanie przy art. 136 nie jest odpowiedzią.

Dawn, will you stop fiddling with the radio and sit down?
Dawn, przestaniesz bawić się radiem i usiądziesz w końcu?

I'm sorry. Fiddling with yourself in the bathtub is a real class act.
Przepraszam, zabawianie się z samym sobą w wannie jest naprawdę z klasą.

All you are good for is fiddling.
Jesteś dobry tylko w grze na skrzypcach!

Why are you fiddling with that junk?
Lost rzeczy? Why bawisz się tym rupieciem?

Sam, you quit fiddling with that thing.
Sam, przestań się grzebać z tym pudłem.

It was my fault. I was fiddling with it.
To moja wina, bawiłem się tym.