| 单词 | dilly-dally |
| 例句 | “It’s the best way to get to know a person. And in five minutes we can do way more than twenty questions. If we don’t dilly-dally. I’m starting. Ready?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And I have to save it, and what on earth am I doing, dilly-dallying here? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Idiomatic words and expressions are highlighted and examined throughout: “stud muffin,” “baseball dad” and “dilly-dallying.” Review | A writer reimagines the life of Joseph Stalin’s daughter after she defected to the U.S. 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z On August 28th, Donald Trump had had enough of his House Republicans dilly-dallying around. Despite impeachment, McCarthy's loyalty to Trump not rewarded 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z It provided no timeframe for the exits but Fraser, who grew up in Scotland, told analysts there would be "no dilly-dallying" on executing the changes. Citigroup profit jumps, plans Asia and EMEA exits as Fraser makes her mark | Reuters Anthony Costello, professor of global health at University College London, said “dilly-dallying” in March about whether to lock down the U.K. cost thousands of lives. Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Friends of the Earth Scotland said it was time to stop the "dilly-dallying". Scotland takes a different fracking path 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Furthermore, Gruden’s brief benching of the star represents a kind of strict and punitive approach to coaching Norman — or any player on this dilly-dallying team — that we hadn’t seen. Perspective | Josh Norman needs a fight to be his best. The Redskins need to give him one. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z In January, Tanzania’s natural resources minister accused police of “dilly-dallying” and failing to arrest key suspects in the Aug. 16 killing of Lotter. 8 charged in murder of wildlife conservationist in Tanzania 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “We will not dilly-dally waiting for you to return, nor will we waste time trying to open the doors using our unlock equipment,” police said. Kids or pets left in car? Suquamish police will smash your windows during heat wave 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z But they appear to be in dilly-dally mode. Inside the Beltway: ‘House of Cards’ confronts ‘age of Trump’ 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z “The earlier people get it checked, and don’t dilly-dally or get embarrassed, the better,” Southgate said. Cancer survivor Southgate cherishing every second at Troon 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Round one: After a bit of dilly-dallying Eubank connects with a powerful right uppercut. Anthony Joshua v Dominic Breazeale: IBF heavyweight world title – live! 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler criticized his colleagues for “dilly-dallying” on the public’s top priority. Senate majority leader says he’s lost patience on roads bill 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z So don’t dilly-dally Let’s all start a rally Don’t hesitate She’s the one you should choose No one else can fill her shoes Give her your vote, and you won’t sing the blues. Watch a 93-Year-Old Man Sing a Campaign Song He Wrote for Hillary Clinton 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z A section of the governing coalition certainly wants it, as seen in the ordinance approved last week, but four years of dilly-dallying are hard to understand without an element of internal resistance. India Ink: The Food Security Debate in India 2013-07-09T06:52:27Z A tryst with him is the only prize, no matter which she chooses, but Brenda seems up for it, dilly-dallying the next morning as she pulls on her stockings. Mad Men Watch: Help Wanting 2013-04-15T11:00:00Z In the short-term, as the women of the Senate would say, there’s no time for more namby-pamby dilly-dallying. Would More Women In The Senate Mean Less Gridlock? 2013-01-04T16:08:35Z And when you look at the trajectories for emissions, and for what you would need to do to blunt warming, you realize that if we keep sort of dilly-dallying we will be in trouble. Dot Earth Blog: On Issues Like Climate Change, Can Urgency and Patience Coexist? 2012-12-24T13:47:18Z It is the dilly-dallying of Congress, all in the name of helping the economy, which is itself creating uncertainty and holding our economy back. Everything You Need To Know About the Fiscal Cliff 2012-12-13T17:07:50Z Still, there’s no time to dilly-dally: the planetary thermostat for the next millennia is being set in these early decades of the 21st century. All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy Trumps Climate Action 2012-11-16T19:15:00.213Z He asked military leaders to stop "dilly-dallying" and not make it "a matter of ego and send Malala somewhere where she can be treated better." IHT Rendezvous: Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Was Named for a Battlefield Heroine 2012-10-14T05:27:14Z There will be no dilly-dallying as there was two years ago at the Vancouver Winter Games when NBC streamed only hockey and lacrosse live on its site. Tv Sports: London 2012 — NBC Signup Needed to Stream Olympics 2012-07-21T17:01:51Z Dilly-dally Dilly, It's very wrong you know, To do no work That you can shirk, And dilly-dally so. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z O Lord, from trifling, dilly-dallying, and procrastination save us now and for ever-more. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z Twelve miles a day, including stoppages and delays, was in such a country rapid marching—nay, almost unparalleled; but Stanley had turned his face homeward and could stand no African dilly-dallying on the way. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Being thus nobly replete, he remained motionless and still, dilly-dallying, scorning the small fry that in any case made haste to flee from his presence with all their fins. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Hope that springs eternal in the human breast, leads him to dilly-dally until he at last seeks medical advice, only to find that the disease has made such progress that little can be done. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z Why don't you try To be more spry, And not dilly-dally so? Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z He gives one bark, and then he don't dilly-dally none. Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs 2011-09-03T02:00:18.353Z There is less time to dilly-dally on the road to building a business. You?re the Boss Blog: This Week in Small Business: Downgrades, Upgrades and Doing Business in the U.K. 2011-08-15T11:00:24Z He sed it was jest this dilly-dally policy that had ruined us. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z Uncle says he's going express hereafter; he says no more dilly-dally voyages for him. Seeing France with Uncle John 2011-02-26T03:00:47.827Z I’ve paid my quarter and I don’t intend to dilly-dally around here all day.” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z And she settled down contentedly to her own dilly-dallying meal, while Mr. Lawton, with a very red face, silently drank his second cup of coffee. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Is it only one's own side that must beware of a policy of dilly-dally? London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Spain continued to dilly-dally and evade the question of her responsibility. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future What you do, Sir, do; don't stand dilly-dallying. Pamela Censured For my part, I cannot imagine how any one in youth and health can sit and play the piano all the morning, or dilly-dally about the house, singing. Edelweiss A Story He felt pleased that the people were no longer allowed to dilly-dally about their work, but were obliged to make use of an appointed time. Waldfried A Novel "Come, come," says I, "speak out plain, Master Longways, for this is no time for dilly-dallying." The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published Here is a chance for the dilly-dallying professors of humbug to distinguish themselves. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 If we apply ourselves to learn the lessons of life, we shall of course advance much faster in the school of life than if we dilly-dally and idle our time away. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings It won't do though, Virginia, to dilly-dally, for I am given to understand that he leaves in a fortnight for California, to explore the West. A Romantic Young Lady The fates were resolved that there should be no dilly-dallying by the principals chosen for this drama that they had staged. Desert Dust When once Elizabeth made a decision, 126 there was no dilly-dallying, no going back and wondering if she had done the right thing. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall It also means, to trifle, to dilly-dally, to go round about a subject. The Proverbs of Scotland But that won't last much longer and if you go on with your dilly-dallying you'll wake up some fine day to find that your time for choosing has gone by. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 Jack got down first, and, in a flash, Cut the ladder from underneath; And Giant and Bean-stalk, in one dash,— No shilly-shally, no dilly-dally,— Fell with a crash. On the Tree Top We were further informed that, in the case of nearly every ship, passengers, through their own carelessness and dilly-dallying on shore, had been left behind. A Boy's Voyage Round the World A man does not have to spend a month dilly-dallying with them, dancing attendance and looking like a fool while they are as cold as ice all the time. The Northern Iron Daidle, to dilly-dally, to do a thing in a slow, sluggish manner. The Proverbs of Scotland No dilly-dallying—no shuffling—no coquetting—no wooing—but bold, instant, and immediate action. The Lady of the Ice A Novel "Don't dilly-dally!" exclaimed the teacher; "go home immediately!" The Story of Garfield Farm-boy, Soldier, and President He had a purpose in everything he did; there was no dilly-dallying nor shilly-shallying; he knew what he wanted to say, and said it. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune He says it was one o' them plans as dilly-dally is death on. Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs There wasn't time that holiday: like a fool, I had been dilly-dallying too long, though I believe now I might have asked her a month before. Wandering Heath As I look at it," he wrote, "our dilly-dallying is likely to get us into war. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II He was thoroughly weary of Gilbert's dilly-dallying, so foreign to his own philosophy. The Bad Man West keeps his patients dilly-dallying on, when he might have them well in no time. Verner's Pride "Meaning that you're going to keep up this dilly-dally business whether I allow you to or not?" The Ramrodders A Novel Since that afternoon when the choice between good and evil came so plainly before me, I had been dilly-dallying at the spot where the two ways met. Tell England A Study in a Generation You do not care to dilly-dally after church. Lewis Rand This is no day for dilly-dallying and quibbling about 'State rights.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The natives itched to hit somebody, and could not afford to let slip so good a chance by dilly-dallying over details. The Siege of Kimberley Here we are frightened at names, dilly-dallying and quarreling over idle words, when a tremendous crisis calls for acts. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But all of our overtures were rejected by the administration at Washington, and a policy of evasion, or dilly-dallying, was kept up by those in authority at the North. History of Kershaw's Brigade No dilly-dallying and no soft soap; but just lay the lash right on, hard—they jump then, the vermin! The Air Trust If you dilly-dally till those accursed Callenders get back, asking, for instance, for their--ha, ha!--their totally evaporated chest of plate--gr-r-r! Kincaid's Battery "Oh," he said, and walked off to the window, dilly-dallying on his heels and looking out. Star-Dust If all principals are like this, a principal is a synonym of a "dilly-dally." Botchan (Master Darling) It was Mrs. Triplett's firm hand which clutched her, and Mrs. Triplett's firm hand which fed her, so there was not the usual dilly-dallying over Georgina's breakfast as when her mother held the spoon. Georgina of the Rainbows There was no delay, no dilly-dallying, as there was when kindlings were called for. Half-Past Seven Stories "Above all things don't 'dilly-dally' on the way," she said. Paula the Waldensian Lafouraille No time for sentiment, or dilly-dallying, they are on our track and are mounted. Vautrin In spite of autumn having already set in, the hot spell still lingered, quite in keeping with the dilly-dally atmosphere of the country. Botchan (Master Darling) I admit that as his mother says, 'he's no fool'; but that only makes his dilly-dallying so much the worse. The Iron Woman There should be no dilly-dallying, no foolish belief in the possibility of outgrowing the trouble, for whatever chances once existed are now past. Stammering, Its Cause and Cure Who was the last dilly-dallying at the cradle after sunset? The Eureka Stockade Now, why this dilly-dallying with the large land-owner, or any one else, that has something that he should surrender for the general good? Confiscation; an outline For not dilly-dallying and not hanging to a woman's apron strings. War and Peace But she was impatient for him to get through with all this nonsense of dilly-dallying at making a living by doing things he knew nothing about! The Iron Woman The lightsome sprig was hourly to be seen, even when university rulings forbade, dilly-dallying giddily along the campus paths or the town sidewalks with some new and pretty Skirt. Ramsey Milholland But what's this Robin to dilly-dally with her daughter, till the gal can't sleep o' nights for wondering will he speak in the morning or will he be mum? Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard You'd best take the road to Belmullet, and not be dilly-dallying in this place where there isn't a spot you could sleep. The Playboy of the Western World It likewise manifests the frankness of men who do not dilly-dally with terms, but who say what they mean, and who mean to settle down to a long, hard fight. War of the Classes |
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