fiddle russian

• вози́ться

  mess around/doing something slowly

  tinker/fiddle

• скри́пка

  violin, fiddle

• тереби́ть

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

• пои́грывать

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

• ёлки-палки

  darn it/ fiddle sticks

• скрипа́ч

  violinist, fiddler

• смычо́к

  bow, fiddlestick

• скрипа́чка

  violinist, fiddler

• ковыряемый

  picked at, prodded, fiddled with, dug into

• пиликаемый

  being fiddled (on), being strummed, being plucked

• пиликанный

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

• поковыря́вший

  having poked, having picked, having tinkered, having 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.