fiddle russian

• вози́ться

  to tinker (with), to fiddle (with), to potter about, to busy oneself

  to mess around (with), to take ages (over), to struggle (with)

• скри́пка

  violin, fiddle

• копоши́ться

  to swarm about, to teem, to stir, to crawl about

  to potter about, to putter around, to busy oneself, to dawdle

  to fumble (with something), to rummage, to root about, to fiddle

• тереби́ть

  to pull (at something), to tug at, to fiddle with, to finger

• балова́ться

  to fool around, to play about, to misbehave, to get up to mischief

  to mess around with, to play with, to fiddle with

  to indulge in (occasionally), to dabble in, to treat oneself to

• пои́грывать

  to play (a little), to toy with, to fiddle with

• ня́нчиться

  to nurse, to look after (a child), to babysit

  to coddle, to pamper, to fuss over (someone)

  to fuss with, to mess about with, to fiddle with

• ёлки-палки

  darn it/ fiddle sticks

• хими́чить

  to cheat, to fiddle, to play tricks, to swindle

  to tinker, to concoct, to contrive, to experiment

• скрипа́ч

  violinist, fiddler

• смычо́к

  bow, fiddlestick

• скрипа́чка

  violinist, fiddler

• ковыряемый

  picked at, prodded, fiddled with, dug into

• поковыря́вший

  having poked, having picked, having tinkered, having fiddled

• пиликаемый

  being fiddled (on), being strummed, being plucked

• пиликанный

  badly played, scraped (of music/sound), fiddled

Examples

• Да, сего́дня ты вы́глядишь как нельзя лу́чше.

  You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today.

• На самом де́ле, Нерон не пили́кал на скри́пке, когда горе́л Рим.

  Nero did not actually fiddle while Rome burned.

• Том здоро́в как бык.

  Tom seems to be as fit as a fiddle.

• У Тома желе́зное здоро́вье.

  Tom seems to be as fit as a fiddle.

• Том лю́бит наи́грывать ирла́ндские моти́вы на свое́й скри́пке.

  Tom loves playing Irish tunes on the fiddle.

• Она нервно теребила край платья

  She nervously fiddled with the hem of her dress.

• Мастер, поковырявший в замке, наконец открыл дверь.

  The repairman, having fiddled with the lock, finally opened the door.

• Пиликаемая соседом мелодия мешала мне спать.

  The melody being fiddled with by my neighbor kept me from sleeping.

• Не тренькай на пианино, я работаю.

  Don’t fiddle around on the piano; I’m working.