| 单词 | mess about |
| 例句 | The epic mess, the second epic mess about Frank, but the first time, the very first time that she broke her promise. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z By this time, I could hear Mama coming down the path, telling Jay’s head a mess about what she was gonna do if this was some kinda joke. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “It was he who started all t his messing about with Magic.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Instead it was some mess about medical stuff. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Tate talking all that mess about how my life is going to get messed up and about what kind of family I’m going to have. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z We would stay there for three or four hours, messing about in the water and in the rockpools and getting extraordinarily sunburnt. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody knew I lived there, and even though I wasn't the only kid at school from that neighborhood, it seemed like I caught the most mess about it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z If we mess about with that pattern, all kinds of things can go wrong. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Quit messing about,” Harry said and turned away again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Gauguin detests “messing about in the medium,” he tells Bernard. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Wonka was saying, “No time for any more messing about! Well never get anywhere at the rate we’ve been going!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z They were all standing now, and as Cecilia leaned toward Marshall’s lighter, Leon said, “He’s got a first-rate mind, so I don’t know what the hell he’s doing, messing about in the flower beds.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Only you guys find these things funny or you guys are messing about or poking fun at each other for different things. “She has her own strength that was so empowering”: Priya Kansara talks "Polite Society" sisterhood 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z “The ones that mess about in boats on the Arno look so very right with almost nothing on.” Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z It is supposed to be a stage school, but really it seems to be more just a school where everyone messes about! A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison - review 2012-12-22T09:00:00Z I was also kind of a mess about surviving the opening itself. Karen Green on life after suicide 2011-04-09T23:04:02Z Volkov has a tireless spirit of mucking in and messing about, and he leads by example. Tectonics – review 2013-05-14T18:27:54Z Obviously messing about with pictures is a laugh. Van Gogh paints DiCaprio: has Photoshop gone too far? 2013-05-20T15:21:46Z There's no jumping about between plots and subplots, or messing about with time. Complicit; Flight of the Rhino: Natural World – TV review 2013-02-18T07:00:07Z Why are you messing about with that meat, with those spices and sauces, it's perfectly good meat. A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z "It also brings about discipline: you can't mess about in the wings, you mustn't be late – all lessons that need to be learned in life." A quick curtain call. Then bed: Child actors in adult theatre 2010-05-05T20:30:00Z When I was about seven or eight years old, I was messing about in a brook with my brothers and a friend of mine, Paul Hewitt, and I almost drowned. Liam Gallagher: ‘Worst thing anyone’s said to me? Are you Noel Gallagher?’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z You didn't mess about in her lessons, because she was doing something important. Tragic twist to author's knife story 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z “Lindsay loved messing about and tormenting people,” he said. Film: Jim Thompson?s ?Killer Inside Me? Is Made Into a Film 2010-06-03T17:07:00Z Another site which lets you to use your mouse to mess about with music is recordtripping.com , which won the best games award. Click to download: the best of the Webbys 2010-05-13T22:30:00Z Somebody, usually the Academy president, tersely introduces some cute Hollywood starlet, and the two of them quickly read the major categories, without any messing about. Something different about those Oscar announcements 2013-01-10T14:51:05Z There was a disused railway track behind our house so we'd be playing on there or messing about with sticks and building bridges in the woods, all day. John Thomson: My family values 2013-05-03T11:59:01Z But within these logical and comprehensible environments the player is also free to explore and mess about – you have agency and power. How I connected with my autistic son through video games 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Bailey's never been backwards at coming forwards: even today, his promotional material stresses that he's not simply messing about with comedy music – he's pitch-perfect. Bill Bailey: Bill's excellent adventure 2013-04-19T14:00:00Z Granted, the average Club Beer bottle is a liter — Liberians don’t mess about. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Yes, I’m still a conflicted mess about it. Lives: The Secret Life of a Rock Dad 2011-08-21T05:30:07Z In the end, Back to the Future leaves me with many unanswered questions – not about plot holes, exactly, but about the infinite loop created when you mess about with the time-space continuum. I've never seen ... Back to the Future 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z I found the dating site Gaydar when I was 14 and I met up with a local lad who was 15 and we messed about a couple of times. Pride and prejudice for gay men 2011-02-20T00:05:13Z The Hair: "She's quintessentially New York; an uptown girl who plays downtown," says the stylist Guido Palau of the teased ponytail, which he messed about before the models walked the runway. | Marc Jacobs 2012-09-11T15:48:27Z This just seems to me like messing about for the purpose of messing about. A Tart Solution for Sweet Crumb Cake 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z "Yeah, that might be why I messed about a bit." Ducking and weaving 2010-07-30T23:09:00Z My hair was a mess about a month ago; I was looking like Moses in “The Ten Commandments.” In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’ 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z I, for one, would welcome a bit more messing about with time and space: how about a full-length episode based on Homer3, the one where the big man gets trapped in the non-flat world. Homer in the flesh – The Simpsons announce their first live show 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z I spent a full day messing about with this. Photographer Victoria Jenkins's best shot 2011-01-26T23:46:38Z There is really no reason to mess about with this one. This Gratin Lets Swiss Chard Do the Talking 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Instead of messing about playing Monopoly, netball or going to the local swimming pool, chess was just what the Polgár family enjoyed. How to raise a brilliant child without screwing them up 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z From there he started messing about with production techniques and trawling second hand record shops for rare vinyl. New music: Star Slinger feat Teki Latex – Ladies in the Back 2012-09-28T06:00:00Z I suddenly felt an intense pressure on my left ankle, and, for a split second, I thought it was Jake messing about. Experience: I was attacked by an alligator 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z He's always messing about and uninhibited, trying crazy ideas. Oscar Best Actress Nominee Carey Mulligan on 'Education' 2010-03-03T18:10:00Z After that, I gave up writing for some years while I was conducting and generally messing about with various sides of the music business. Burt Bacharach: 'I've a great admiration for Cliff Richard' – a classic interview 2013-06-05T08:56:37Z It is funny to mess about with them, runs the logic; what else are you going to do? Van Gogh paints DiCaprio: has Photoshop gone too far? 2013-05-20T15:21:46Z She's never more comfortable than when taking stereotypically feminine concerns and messing about with them, drawing out their absurdities, taking them to extremes and finding their hidden dark side. Comedy picks of the week 2010-04-02T23:12:00Z “When I’m not making stuff, I’m . . .”: “Sailing, or messing about in board sports, or thinking about design for the next pieces.” Inside the workshop: Jeff Spugnardi, woodworker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Must we finally accept that the most recent sightings have probably been the work of drunk computer science students messing about with novelty draught excluders and some trick photography? Why does Judy Murray have to take these punches? 2013-07-13T23:06:05Z Loud rock and roll, lots of energy and no messing about. Glastonbury preview: Part one 2013-06-25T06:12:44Z At the other end is quite hardcore emotionally manipulative men who use these interests to really mess about with women or men. What is a softboi? You might be dating one – and you don't even know it 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z There's no messing about – almost everything is under three-and-a-half minutes, and there's the brilliant High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive, which combines a verse and chorus set in different time signatures. Pulled Apart By Horses: Pulled Apart By Horses 2010-06-24T22:30:00Z Thwaite's graffito was, after all: Made on a day in 450BC By someone else who messed about like this, Unable to get on with anything, But made his mark for someone else to see. Jo Bell's poetry workshop 2011-08-09T11:34:20Z I always wanted to be one of the village people messing about in the mud and being stinky. Sara Pascoe's favourite TV: The Voice, Sherlock, Arrested Development 2013-07-29T11:00:00Z When we are messing about in the soil, each of us experiences the same disappointments and pleasures, the same balm to the soul. A Gardening Book for Those Who Hate Gardening Books 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Describing what it was like sharing a tour bus with a rock band, he said: "They laugh all the time; they are always messing about; there is always a joke going on." Ed Sheeran praises The Darkness in new documentary 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z On the night of the attack, Esther had been messing about with a male friend, the pair pushing each other around in trolleys. 'Rebuilding my life after my boyfriend nearly killed me' 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z "Don't mess about in the rivers because it's really not worth it," she said. Kieran Wharton: Community raises £4,000 in wake of boy's river death 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z “I’m always messing about and experimenting with shapes,” said Mr. Smith, 64, who worked as a printing technician, among other jobs, and retired early. Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Ireland have been building and this year they aren't here to mess about. Six Nations talking points after thrilling weekend 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Five boys acted together in murdering a man outside an Asda store after he challenged them about messing about in the toilets, a jury has heard. Boys acted together to murder Ian Kirwan by Asda in Redditch - trial hears 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z An 82-year-old man was punched and killed by a 16-year-old boy he had told off for messing about in a shopping centre, a trial has heard. Teen killed man, 82, after shopping centre telling off, court hears 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z "Every day we were either outside playing football or cricket, we just messed about all day and night," said James. The making of England's world number one Ecclestone 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z But it concluded: "What Q did can be described as a prank, he was clearly just messing about." Court upholds CPS Christopher Kapessa river death charge decision 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z There seems to be a player in each generation who gets messed about by selection, and in this one it has been Bairstow. 'England show spirit, bottle & backbone' 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z He used the toilets in the Asda store where he encountered the boys who were "messing about". Boys acted together to murder Ian Kirwan by Asda in Redditch - trial hears 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Both men still had the ability to score 20 goals between them, in all competitions, in a campaign where they had been royally messed about by the coach. Who made Garth Crooks' team of the week? 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z "The next one is in two weeks so we are in a bit of a mess about the rest of our summer. Well, not a mess but we have a lot of work to do." Bigfoot: How the Primal Scream-headlined music festival is going ahead 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Marc Conway told the inquest he thought people were "messing about" before noticing Khan's knives. Fishmongers' Hall inquest: Witness thought terrorist Usman Khan was 'play-fighting' 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Sam Allardyce does not want to "mess about" if West Brom are relegated and will only stay if there is a realistic chance of promotion back to the Premier League. Allardyce unsure over West Brom future 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z "He left the Asda store and some of the boys were outside and he challenged them. 'Why were you messing about in the toilets' - words to that effect," Mr Aina said. Boys acted together to murder Ian Kirwan by Asda in Redditch - trial hears 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z "After his death everything just went black, everything changed for us. There was no laughing or messing about, the normal things six brothers would get up to, that all changed," he said. Ballymurphy shootings: Who were the victims? 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Others are just winging it, messing about with hydration levels just to see what works and somehow still turning out lip-smacking pizza that might be better than the established pizzeria down the road. Seattle isn’t known as a pizza hot spot. The city’s secret pizza pop-up scene might change that 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z "Despite his disability we always treated him like one of us. I was that annoying sister that would always do jokey things like tipping his wheelchair. I'd mess about all the time," says Levell. 'I was lucky to be the one playing - I was doing it for Dan' 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z McConaughey ended his message, “It’s game time. Ding, ding. We are in the ring, America. Let’s quit messing about and get it done. Just keep livin.’ Matthew McConaughey tells fans to ‘wear the d--n mask’ so that ‘we start partying again’ 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z He said when Gray was back at the police station, he "said he was sorry and only messing about". Burglar smeared 'Covid' blood on police officer 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z "We all hang around, people bring coffee down onto the beach, some bake and bring cakes," said Josh, who said it was not a workout but more floating and messing about. Man's year of cold sea swims 'to get out of bed' 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The woman said she was ordered to drive to Manchester, but said that because Mr McCann was "messing about" he was not looking where they were going. Rape accused 'kidnapped woman, 71, outside shop' 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z When Trump’s father said, “Obey me,” Donald Trump could have responded, "You don't love me and stop with this mess about getting me to obey you no matter what." Dr. Justin Frank on Trump's whistleblower panic: "He is a frightened child" driven by envy and fear 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Do I attempt to alleviate some of this mess about black death by writing through it in public, as I’m wont to do when stuff needs working through? Opinion | I Pray for Murder (Sometimes) 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Is there anything useful we can learn from this mess about the nature of comedy and the Internet? Shane Gillis’s SNL job and ‘cancel culture’: A step-by-step guide - The Washington Post 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z "When I came to this jail I was messing about a lot," he admits. Why are graduates competing to be prison officers? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Recently, while messing about on the Companies House website, I came across a PSC named Mr Xxx Stalin, who is apparently a Frenchman resident in east London. How Britain can help you get away with stealing millions: a five-step guide 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z He thinks that regardless of who voted leave or remain, the public has been totally messed about by the politicians. Taking the temperature in the heart of Brexit land 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z “This crowdfunding project was just the marketing team messing about,” the CEO wrote, “the holeless phone is just a development project from the R&D department, we never intended to mass-produce this project.” Meizu CEO says port-less phone was a publicity stunt 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The steady breeze was starting to spread the mess about even more. ‘You mean the nicest guy in camp’: Evan White is the future at first base for the Mariners 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z We see Thompson and Venables messing about in the shopping centre before abducting James, and we see a toddler playing James standing outside a butcher's. The story behind the James Bulger film 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z "She knew what she wanted, she was really a pro, it was clear, she was so on her image and what she was doing all the time, there was no messing about." The artists tackling body dysmorphia 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Visceral Games wasn’t messing about with this acclaimed sci-fi horror romp. Zombie dogs to talking foetuses – the 13 scariest video game moments ever 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z It takes less than 30 seconds for Argentina to find Messi, and it’s clear already the Nigerians have been instructed not to mess about: they immediately drop all 10 field players behind the ball. Argentina Finds World Cup Salvation in Thriller Over Nigeria 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z With that many cooks messing about with the broth, it’s no wonder there is a certain lack of consistency and definition in the final product. ‘Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare’: Deadly game is nothing to smile about 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z What she liked was to be “jam-along”, scruffy, perpetually in trousers, messing about in boats or living at large in her own head. Sex, jealousy and gender: Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca 80 years on 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z "I just presumed it was kids messing about," she told officers. Girl 'found in ripped clothes after rape' 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Don’t mess about with it at the back! Spartak Moscow v Liverpool: Champions League – live! 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z For example, you might have seen a video of builders with “superhuman tape measure skills” messing about on a construction site, opening doors and turning on light switches with their tape measures. How to spot a fake viral video 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z "Paint hasn't been all that since they messed about with it anyway. I'm running XP on a virtual machine because it's the best one," he tweeted. Microsoft signals end of Paint program - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z At the opening ceremony of a memorial dedicated to the roughly 250 people who died in last year’s failed coup, Erdogan accused Brussels of “messing about” with Turkey’s decades-long bid to join the bloc. World digest: July 16, 2017 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Although his headstone is fairly run-of-the-mill, the story behind his death serves as an abject warning to young men with a fondness for messing about when they should be paying attention. The headstones with unusual stories to tell - BBC News 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z He added: "Let's get on with the job, if Sinn Féin continue to mess about, I think they will pay a heavy price." Stormont power-sharing talks enter final phase - BBC News 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Though the Beatles were not the only group writing while high, messing about with tape decks and hiring orchestras, they were the most conspicuous. Why doesn't the greatest album ever have more hits? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z He doesn’t mess about when picking his practice partners. Making his amateur swansong, Australia's Curtis Luck wants to go out with a bang - Golf Digest 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Gardeners are always messing about with color, creating and rearranging combinations of leaf and flower. Why choose a favorite color? Gardeners can work with all of them. 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z One parent, however, supported it saying "they are there to learn, not to mess about". Norfolk pupils face detention for bottle-flip challenge - BBC News 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z "This is causing a lot of stress to students and their families and it's messing about with people's lives." NI students have loan offers for postgraduate study withdrawn due to 'human error' - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z And Sixtus Leung summed up the anger: "Our whole electoral process is being messed about. At this rate, what's the point of elections? You may as well just get China to nominate everyone." Hong Kong's parliament: A chaotic show that reveals deeper concerns - BBC News 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z "When I was in lessons I would mess about a lot and wouldn't care," says Amy,, who is also 15. What is it like to be excluded from school? - BBC News 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z This rejection by the Australians will only serve to convince the Chinese that they are being messed about. Australia blocks Ausgrid energy grid sale Chinese companies - BBC News 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z After unpacking the mess about how corporate lawyers are claiming intellectual property rights to his old character, Colbert announced that the persona will be a “permanent part” of The Late Show team. The Old Stephen Colbert of the 'Colbert Report' Is Officially Back 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z “Now is not the time for messing about or egotism,” it wrote in an editorial as translated by Reuters. No Absolute Majority Winner in Spanish Elections 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z "First wig fitting. "Most of my pictures show me laughing or messing about but my friend took this when I didn't know. Postcards from Cancer-Land: Photos show 'reality' of treatment - BBC News 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Children don't mess about with their food here. A country where toilets are a sign of hope - BBC News 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Critics praised the animation style, but noted that the film messes about a little too much with the source material, adding a "Disneyfied empowerment yarn" that's "rather obviously taking its cue from Up." Netflix will premiere The Little Prince after it was dropped from theaters 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Then I'll start messing about with it so it's not too much by the book. In pictures: A Portrait of British Songwriting - BBC News 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Weekends were spent at the bowling alley, messing about in the swimming pool and back in the sauna. Ping pong, beach trips and intermittent Wi-Fi: life in privileged Pyongyang 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z And not just messing about and playing football! England v Australia: second ODI – live! 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z He has a knee injury, sustained playing football, which stops him running, so exercise ropes hang from the roof and he messes about on them while he’s waiting. The battle for Barcelona: a day in the life of presidential candidate Joan Laporta 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z No messing about there from the reigning champion. Novak Djokovic v Jarkko Nieminen: Wimbledon 2015 – live! 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z He’s a gawky, fresh-faced and strangely earnest young thing, messing about with cheery folk music and wishy-washy new wave, mooning over puppy love and magical lighthouses and other such nonsense. Pulp: 10 of the best 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z People spend time in the office messing about, chatting, paying the bills, surfing the net, daydreaming and waiting for the day to finish. Weekend Edition: The week's best reads - BBC News 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z And not just messing about and playing football! England v Australia: second ODI – live! 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z "But I don't miss it. I'm done with all that messing about. "My ambition is to win a unification fight and get out with my finances straight and my faculties intact. Boxing is a weird career - Mitchell 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z No messing about there from the reigning champion. Novak Djokovic v Jarkko Nieminen: Wimbledon 2015 – live! 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z When I play football my personality is hardly a secret: I want to win and I'm not here to mess about. Aluko 'has no fear' over World Cup 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z "We are not messing about here," a Western diplomat said. Iran, six powers demand mutual concessions in tense nuclear talks 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z "China is sending a message - don't mess about with what we feel is our vital interest because you will hurt yourselves more than us." Why has the Nobel Peace Prize chairman been demoted? 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Mr Green says that he is sympathetic with Cobden-Sanderson but Walker "did get messed about" and it is a "nice end to the story". Rediscovering a lost typeface 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Tyldum builds up to it, with scenes of Turing messing about with cyanide and handing out apples at work, but the payoff is missing. “The Imitation Game” and “The Babadook” Reviews 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z It was founded a year after the release of “War Games,” a film that warned of the dangers of messing about with electronics. A Print Magazine for Hackers 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z It took him many years of messing about with abstraction, and other strategies, to realise he had to confront those experiences head on. Eric Fischl: ‘What America wants is artists who are doing very expensive toys’ 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z "When you have eight sweaty men messing about with water you can imagine what goes on." Six awful jobs to do in a heatwave 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Kyrgios won the third off a tie-break, broke again early in the fourth and served out, nervelessly and joyously, as if he was messing about on a park court in his home town of Canberra. Why wildcard Kyrgios looks like a winner 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Sometimes they were caused by people, such as when her children were banned from fencing because they were messing about. The stunt-performing grandmother 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z He said they had just been messing about, and never hinted that any offence had been committed. Defending the indefensible? Lawyers on representing clients accused of nightmarish crimes 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z "It looks like they are just messing about. It is not formalised in any way - but they are learning." Boycott call for early years tests 2014-04-21T01:26:33Z He assumed it was a friend or a neighbour just "messing about". The woman who murdered men 'for fun' 2014-02-12T14:35:58Z He said: "He's been doing a bit of damage, but nothing major. "I don't want to mess about with him. Wild beaver caught on film in Devon 2014-01-21T15:17:53Z He worked until the age of 65 when he retired to spend more time gardening and "messing about in boats". Nobel Prize winner Sanger dies at 95 2013-11-20T13:37:54Z He was almost absurdly self-effacing, describing himself as someone who had merely “messed about in his lab”. Frederick Sanger: The father of genomics 2013-11-21T16:03:54Z Yet he was a disarmingly modest man, who once said: 'I was just a chap who messed about in his lab'. Nobel Prize winner Sanger dies at 95 2013-11-20T12:50:46Z But two of the ancient world's most momentous events revolved around people messing about with statues. Why do people put traffic cones on statues? 2013-11-13T12:23:09Z "Going head-to-head against each other will make a huge difference because they'll know they won't be able to mess about, whatever the competition." Gemili will run 'spectacular' times 2013-08-17T21:22:03Z We had a few drinks, played press conference bingo with the viewers and basically just messed about. Print is dead? How video is changing games journalism 2013-05-17T12:36:00Z This is not about young immature men messing about. Lulzsec hackers await sentence 2013-05-15T15:53:51Z "I lost the boots as we were running to the kombi because some of the fans wanted to beat us up" – in Swaziland the boo boys don't mess about. The Fiver 2012-11-28T16:52:03Z If you start playing with it – messing about with pictures, or downloading apps from the store – you'll find the juice draining away quite quickly. Nokia Lumia 920: review 2012-11-26T16:24:40Z Gerrard also singled out the Uruguay international as the player who messes about most in training – "He's a nuisance!" wrote the 32-year-old. Steven Gerrard says Liverpool's Luis Suárez is best he has played with 2012-11-06T15:29:09Z While waiting for his luggage he sat down near the baggage carousel while a couple of his team-mates messed about on the conveyor belt. The forgotten story of … England under Joe Mercer 2012-10-11T11:18:54Z Of course, we already are messing about with the climate. Has the Time Come to Try Geoengineering? 2012-08-15T22:15:00.203Z He was trying on Sunday night too, too, and although he prefaced his run with his customary repertoire of cartoon-hero gestures, there was no messing about once the gun had gone off. Thunder Bolt - lightning Usain strikes twice to win 100m 2012-08-05T21:11:00Z I also took an excursion to Martha Brae Rafting Village, and idled away a morning messing about on the river on a raft, powered by a gondolier. Usain's bolthole: life in the slow lane in Trelawny, Jamaica 2012-08-03T05:00:00Z The odds are further tipped in our favour when you factor into the equation that excellence in messing about in boats and riding horses are not among the favoured disciplines of the African nations. Let's make Glasgow 2014 miles better 2012-07-28T23:04:12Z Apropos of nothing, I was messing about on that interweb earlier on and I stumbled across this. The Fiver 2012-07-27T16:07:33Z His uncle and grandfather played ice hockey, and at two and a half Jackson was already messing about on the ice. London 2012: Ashley Jackson and Jason Lee on why hockey beats football 2012-07-24T15:51:10Z You couldn't blame easyJet, where he is chairman, for feeling messed about. Sir Michael Rake the wrong choice for Barclays chairman 2012-07-23T18:09:02Z "I don't like to be messed about," he said, having waited by the phone for a week after sharing a pleasant afternoon with Lambert in the West Midlands. Football transfer rumours: Lucas Moura to Manchester United? 2012-07-23T08:32:16Z I feel it's important to highlight it, bearing in mind what has happened, and not mess about with it and not afford for anybody to be ambiguous about what the consequences are. PFA to make racist abuse a sacking offence for footballers 2012-05-24T15:31:27Z Don't mess about with the papers on this desk. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Here, let me go on; I've been messing about long enough. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z I remember, when Colonel Brabourne died, hearing that the terms of the will were confused, or that there was some mess about it. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z For 12 years we spent summer weekends at a house on Rod Eyot, an island in the Thames at Henley, messing about in boats. Roy Ewans obituary 2012-02-13T11:53:28Z If we don’t mind she’ll go messing about with those silly old medicines half the day.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z "Do you think I was going to mess about in the rain all night while you two were squabbling on top of each other in the mud?" A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Cold and dull; but the thought of May free and happy was my comfort as I messed about. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z I put a fellow called Laffan, a young lawyer, onto the business, and he messed about with the register and the detective bureau and communicated with Raynham till he wormed it all out. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z He's always messing about somewhere below, with a bag full of tools. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z Some fellows enjoy messing about, and imagining themselves in love with every fresh face.” The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z Louis himself was fond of doing what the modern housewife would call "messing about in the kitchen." Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images Don't mess about – a third of the promoted teams in the past decade hit the jackpot in their first season in the division. League One 2011-12: guide to the new season 2011-08-07T23:05:28Z We had a place in Spain, would mess about with the boat and all that lot. David Brown has Frederick Engels primed to strike in Phoenix Stakes 2011-08-05T18:07:50Z He was always messing about down there in his pantry, and once I distinctly heard knocking there, and when I went down to see, whom should I meet? Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z "They have been messing about for a year and a half now and they have got to make up their minds," said Hill-Wood. Arsenal tell Barcelona to up their offer for Cesc F?bregas or lose out 2011-07-29T15:02:42Z So, Reflections is soon to be back doing what it has always done – messing about with driving games and providing wonderful little side-modes that are hilarious, destructive and very social. Driver San Francisco: multiplayer hands-on 2011-07-15T12:46:07Z Kitts had the honour—if there is any honour in winning a four hole in eight strokes—and messed about over his ball even longer than usual. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z They don't mess about with it a whole lot. Sounders FC quote sheet: Schmid, Parke, Evans, Keller 2011-05-13T17:40:05Z Her dazzling skirt she has caught high from the mess about her feet. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z I'm longing to tell them that I wish the whole lot of them were at Jericho rather than messing about our garden. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z Wait a bit, though—there was Olsen, the verger; he'd a boy, I remember, a slip of a fellow with gold spectacles and consumption, he used to mess about with that sort of thing. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z First of all, the messing about to get into the House. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z "I am now in a rare mess about 'Luttrell,' and cannot write a word." Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Helen and I worked out a document one evening, after messing about for a few days in the laboratory upstairs, sent it to the solicitors, and thought no more about it. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z On the gallops she messes about a bit, so I'll be telling James McNamara 'For God's sake don't let her go to the front too soon.' Live - Grand National 2011-04-09T11:54:35Z While they are messing about here we shall have a plentiful supply of liquor, food stuff, and tobacco from the schooners. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z Our dodge was to let them believe we were novices at the game, and I messed about with the old bus as if we were undecided and in a deuce of a funk. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z "I had always messed about with them," he says, "but it was at this point that I finally realised I could make a job out of my love of computers." A working life: The app developer 2011-03-05T00:01:00Z "Yes," meekly answered the literal Janie, "but there were no cold potatoes messing about." The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z "We spent a day doing fake interviews, but I messed about and didn't pay attention," Bentley said. David is more a baby Bentley than the new Beckham 2011-01-13T14:37:42Z I shall be glad when we have done messing about here and set to work. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z It's worth putting some effort into malware removal, because it's no longer very visible or the result of kids messing about. Removing spyware from Windows 2010-09-23T06:55:00Z Meddle with the material as much as you like but if you attained perfection with the colours years ago it really is time to stop messing about. No point getting shirty over England's new-look kit 2010-09-07T23:11:00Z It is in the interest of owners in the long term – they don't want to be messing about with something and you would just be wasting people's money. Lanigan aims for success with Meeznah 2010-07-17T23:06:00Z And because we're women, and many of us have children, this messing about is billed as an incredibly positive, cooperative force. What do women get up to online? 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z No-nonsense midfielder Gennaro Gattuso proved himself no more susceptible to messing about with a microphone in his face than with a ball at his feet as he announced his international retirement after the game. World Cup 2010 paper view: The Italian Sob 2010-06-25T08:20:00Z Kids today play video games or watch TV shows and mess about on the internet. Martin Peters MBE 2010-06-04T00:44:00Z They were all messing about and there was a girl messing with the blinds. Pupil 'has no memory of attack' 2010-04-27T11:01:00Z No messing about with a certain rate of tax paid by the employee here and a different tax paid by the employer there. 2010-01-22T19:32:00Z She always had her hair tied behind her head with a blue ribbon, and then falling all in a mess about her shoulders. Deep Moat Grange I don't want no fellow hanging around me that hasn't got the pluck to go for anyone he finds messing about with his girl. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Why should I, Captain von Halwig of the Imperial Guard, be messing about in a wretched Flemish village when our men are about to storm Paris in the west and tackle Russia in the east? The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Do you suppose she’ll encourage his messing about with things in saucepans, just because he wants to be a doctor? The Youngest Girl in the School Because if an Englishman messed about here, he'd get into trouble. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel And while most of us were talking, Dicky and Noël got messing about with the beer-stand tigers. The Wouldbegoods The three members of Red Flight arrived at the mess about the same time. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. "What I meant was it reminded me of old Turner, you know, messing about with coloured sugar-plums." Aliens Here was the art of the East—of China, Persia, and Turkestan—being revealed to us by European scholars, and they went on messing about with English choir-stalls and sanctuary-rings. Pot-Boilers We lighted our fires on the ledges; and as the evening advanced it was a picturesque sight—a hundred and fifty red-shirted drivers camping there and sitting in messes about their coarse fare. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 It was very boring to be always watching the prisoners messing about in the dirt. Jena or Sedan? "They go to business in the City and do something; they don't mess about planting rubbishing potatoes." Amaryllis at the Fair I trust that what I have chosen will indeed do for everybody,—but I do not like to be messed about. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 “They eat ’em up and leave no mess about.” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. The Wind in the Willows I did not get enough fighting, but too much messing about. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition "No—" he shrugged, "I used to mess about some." Athalie You don’t want to mess about with an old crock.” The Mystery of the Green Ray The worst of it is this mess about his father. The High Calling He thought of Lily, who had lost a week on the voyage and who was now messing about in the house, instead of practising her bike. The Bill-Toppers Having only one officer with us, and being a reasonable distance from headquarters, we have been spared a great deal of the "messing about" which seems to be the special fate of the Imperial Yeomen. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition I'm not going to mess about saying good-by to people. The Dark Tower Then Matilda came suddenly in and said, "I'm not going to have you messing about in here with my saucepans"; and she tried to take it off the fire. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Give my love to Corona," she told her, "and say for me that she isn't to go messing about among those shore people until she's perfectly well. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 For several years he "messed about"—the phrase is his—with journalism, acting as reporter and leader writer for several Irish provincial papers, a kind of work which requires no education or literary talent. Gossamer 1915 Being "messed about," they call it; only the word is not messed. No Man's Land He was always a blunderer and were he to go messing about with electrical currents I should not have a happy moment. Walter and the Wireless It seems natural to them to mess about like that. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune We professionals can do a lot better, when there's no amateurs messing about. 32 Caliber If he got messing about with aeroplanes he might do something big, something really valuable. Gossamer 1915 "I've got the words here and I'm messing about for some music to go with them." Play the Game! “Now he’s gone off to booblic,” she said angrily, “to hatch up and mess about and contrive all sorts o’ mischief wi’ them as leads him on. Patience Wins War in the Works And making the place untidy with his messing about. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days You go up and be messing about with his girl, and you'll see he will guard and offer to fight. Six Years in the Prisons of England We don’t get a chance to do things ourselves, with him always messing about and looking over. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth But we shall be messed about by too many generals. On the Heels of De Wet There is scarcely any alteration there, and he can mess about as he likes with his guns and fishing tackle and swords. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War I was looking down at them wondering how they had been killed, as they were not messed about. The Great War As I Saw It There are a few fellows there would rather be 'topt' than be messed about in such a way, and have to die in prison at last. Six Years in the Prisons of England We had once been talking at mess about musk-rats; some one declared a bottle of sherry had been tainted, and nobody defended the poor little beast but myself, and I was considerably laughed at. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Well, I arose at 11-0, washed myself, and messed about, sent down for rations and sandbags, &c. Letters from France I had been in the mess about two days, I think, doing nothing except read Grim's books and learn Arabic, when I noticed signs of impending activity. The Lion of Petra I came upon a place once which was terribly messed about, and two men were sitting by roaring with laughter. The Great War As I Saw It "Friend Kangaroo's in a bad way," it said; "why don't you do something, sensible, instead of messing about with its head?" Dot and the Kangaroo "After I struck him, while he was messing about with his knife, he said: 'I'll do time for you!'" Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Then the Germans get nastier still, till both sides have got thoroughly bad tempered at having their parapets spoiled and trenches messed about. Letters from France And another point, almost equally important, is that the husband is generally messing about at home. Certain Personal Matters The men in particular have always chafed at the necessity of messing about with small silver. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920 Carne has made such an awful mess about the gun he was to get for me, and so I didn't write. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Albert was messing about the buggy in leisurely fashion. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs With a weary gesture he exclaimed: 'Come, what are we messing about here for? His Masterpiece But all that matters to me be this: you disobeyed me on your own showing and risked a valuable jewel, messing about on the moor for vanity, or some worse reason. The Torch and Other Tales He cursed himself for a spineless ineffectual—messing about with nerves when he had been lucky enough to come through four years of war with his full complement of limbs and faculties unimpaired. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India "Very well, then," said I, "I will borrow some ski and mess about on the snow." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 As soon as I got into that mess about Ida Wade, she threw me over. Vandover and the Brute I wasn't going to be messed about any further by a pack of funking old women—for that's what they are, at Rodhaven. The Devil's Garden I saw the windows open, and I thought the woman downstairs might be messing about here. A Daughter of To-Day You've messed about so long with men who merely 'agitate' and 'inaugurate,' that you've forgotten the kind who act first and talk afterwards. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India She's always messing about out there dirtying her hands, and then she comes in and paws me. Nightfall I can see all I want to see without messing about in one o' them things! Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 I should like to know who would let her mess about as she does in a farmyard.' Abbe Mouret's Transgression All this preliminary messing about is nothing but a weariness to the flesh. Charles Rex I'm going to turn the lights out, fellows, so don't go messing about or you may walk overboard. The Adventure Club Afloat By a cleaner cause Michael meant a cause that had not been messed about so much by other people. The Tree of Heaven He infinitely preferred smoking a silent pipe in Ralston's company or messing about with him in his little surgery as he was sometimes permitted to do. The Lamp in the Desert We could hear Susie Sweetapple messing about in her kitchen, whose destinies she again cheerfully controls, and presently some men came down the road, carrying a bed. Sweetapple Cove "It must be rather good fun messing about with sugar and currants and things." The Lilac Girl I shouldn't care to lie up in bed and mess about with medicine and doctors. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People I can understand ordinary Irishmen rushing into a European row for the row's sake, just because they haven't got a civil war to mess about in. The Tree of Heaven Thought I'd lost you—somehow I was messing about in a filthy fog, and there were beastly precipices about. The Top of the World There's a notice on my deck forbidding smoking and the use of naked lights, and there's a lascar messing about the hold-hatch outside my cabin with a candle in a lantern.' Letters of Travel (1892-1913) Yesterday we had a game of football; it is pleasant to mess about, but the light is failing. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I He said it did him real good to look on at me, messing about. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 But the bird was rather slow, because, as it said, though it was not above any sort of honest work, messing about with dish-water was not exactly what it had been brought up to. The Phoenix and the Carpet And while most of us were talking, Dicky and Noel got messing about with the beer-stand tigers. The Wouldbegoods "I'm not going to mess about with the thing," he said at last, and sat down upon the mattress. The War in the Air He said it did him real good to look on at me, messing about. Three Men in a Boat Do you suppose I'm going to allow you to mess about here with second-hand almanacs, and a sign in your window of 'threepence in the shilling discount for cash,' while I'm a millionaire? The Market-Place Mrs Turnfelt, for all her comfortable figure and sunny smile, hates to have children messing about. Dear Enemy Really, you know, though they talk so about us, a young man can't mess about with that sort of thing in New York as he can in London. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation I can quite understand a child being quiet for a long time with this to mess about with. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles There was a time when I wanted less, expected less; like Cadge with queer, devoted Pros. or Kitty Reid, her hair blowing about her face, happy with her daubs, messing about in the studio. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Think what it means to go messing about in our kitchen with, cook and half a dozen servants laughing at you! The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill He guessed if I was to break that up into play gardens for the children to mess about in, I'd be hearing about it pretty danged quick from the board of trustees. Dear Enemy No you don't, my fine fellow, not if I can keep you messing about there a few minutes longer.' The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea He was standing at the chest of drawers, confound him, messing about with my ties. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories I called out to Jeeves, who was now messing about in the next room with forks and so forth: "Jeeves, Lord Pershore didn't change his mind about going to Boston, did he?" My Man Jeeves She talked so for fun, partly because she knew he disliked it, partly because she took pleasure in playing with equivocal and unclean thoughts like a child which delights to mess about with dirty water. Jean-Christophe, Volume I There is no mess about it, and men do not have to know of it. The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow "It's a new kind of saw he's messing about with," said Falkenberg. Wanderers "Well, I sort of mess about, you know." The Adventures of Sally Give him a tea-pot and half a pound of butter to mess about with,’ I say, ’and he’s all right. Mike She was messing about with cooking and stuff, and she came up to me stooping a little, her eyes wide and innocent, and a great spoon in her hand. The Path to Rome Oline complained that they picked at the food and spoiled the meat, and made a nasty mess about the place. Growth of the Soil And all the time the shrieking, hooning whistling would fill the whole corridor, so that I used to feel a precious lonely chap, messing about there with one of Hell's mysteries. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder And in any case," I continued, "what the devil is he doing messing about with George? A Rogue by Compulsion But as for messing about the lawn with a bun worry in full blast,—thank you, Maxfield is not on. The Spanish Chest He has a studio down in Washington Square, and is perfectly happy messing about there all day. Uneasy Money We aren’t like some folk as messes about up to Hampstead every Sunday, and spends a fortune on shrimps and donkeys. Clara Hopgood She went quite softly to the kitchen, and was too preoccupied to ask Millie what she was messing about with now, when she got there. The Invisible Man The darkness is almost complete, and we mess about in the wet with half-frozen hands and try to keep the coal from slipping back into the bilges. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition For my part, I had rather see them playing at good honest games than messing about with that museum nonsense. Magnum Bonum Now keep yourself tidy and dont go messing about and dirtying your hands: the people are coming to congratulate you. The Doctor's Dilemma The house would please her, she would enjoy messing about with the decoration, she was very artistic! The Forsyte Saga - Complete "What the devil do you mean, you worm, by bringing tramps into my bedroom and messing about with my clothes?" Indiscretions of Archie "Friend Kangaroo's in a bad way," it said; "why don't you do something sensible, instead of messing about with its head?" Dot and the Kangaroo Martin, I'm getting frightfully fed up with messing about in town. Who Cares? a story of adolescence At last he said loudly: 'How much longer are you going to be messing about those doors? The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists And then, it's all very splendid, but just think of a—of a gentleman having to potter around among butter and cheese, or mess about in muddy cellars! Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Do you know, Baxter, I have been longing to mess about with paint ever since I was a boy! Something New Aquatic activities, such as rowing, punting, messing about with a boat-hook, tying up, buzzing about in motor launches, fouling other people's boats, are merely the stage business of the drama. Secret Places of the Heart "I can't have them messing about on the table till dinner!" In a German Pension And 'e doesn't mess about much over the preparing of it'. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists After a time the people began to murmur at all this delay and messing about, and presently some of them began to groan and hoot. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists It suddenly came back to me the other day that I had been inwardly longing to mess about with paints and things since I was a boy. Something New We can't afford to pay you for messing about like that!' The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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