in proverbial or allusive use, esp. in to pick a salad, (a) to be engaged in some trivial occupation, (b) to make a selection (out of). Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ131792 |
| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (intransitive)] > behave in unimportant way (5) to pick a salad1520 in proverbial or allusive use, esp. in to pick a salad, (a) to be engaged in some trivial occupation, (b) to make a selection (out of). Obsolete. niggle1599 intransitive. To do something in a painstaking, finicky, fussy, or ineffective manner; to trifle, fiddle; to waste effort or time on petty details… to play tiddlywinks1919 plural. A game in which small counters are caused to spring from the table into a bell-like or cylindrical receptacle, by pressing upon their edges… Subcategories:— behave frivolously (2) |
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