单词 | to mickey mouse around |
释义 | > as lemmasto mickey mouse around 1. intransitive. To waste time in trivial or irrelevant activity. Chiefly in to mickey mouse around: to mess around. ΚΠ 1963 M. W. Cagle Naval Aviator's Guide 396 Mickey Mouse, to fly or perform aimlessly, haphazardly, or foolishly. 1973 Fortune May 264 We can't Mickey Mouse around while faced with technological challenges from other countries. 1982 Chicago Sun-Times 3 Sept. 106/3 Together, they might even have had the foresight to go public with a strike deadline the other day instead of continuing to Mickey Mouse around. 1999 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 28 Dec. b4 (caption) Stanford wide receiver Troy Walters won't quit Mickey Mouse-ing around. < as lemmas |
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