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摸地很

English translation: dilly-dallying/slow

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Chinese term or phrase:摸地很
English translation:dilly-dallying/slow
Entered by: Wilman

20:03 Nov 24, 2013
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
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Chinese term or phrase: 摸地很
Speaker 1: 你最近看到Peggy吗?
Speaker 2: 她就在我班上学中文
Speaker 1: {摸地很}。歪理还一大堆，我都已经对她失去耐心了
Speaker 2: 无语了 难道Roberto都治不了她
Speaker 1: 不晓得

Thanks.
Wilman
United States
Local time: 02:48
dilly-dallying
Explanation:
I think “摸” refers to the fact that Peggy is dilly-dallying.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dilly-dallying: To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate.

Speaker 1: Have you seen Peggy lately?
Speaker 2: She’s studying Mandarin in my class.
Speaker 1: She’s all over the place, always dilly-dallying and not focused. She’s got a thousand and one ridiculous theories about this and that. I’m losing patience in dealing with her.
Speaker 2: *Speechless* Can’t Roberto knock some sense into her?
Speaker 1: I don’t know.


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Note added at 5 hrs (2013-11-25 01:39:10 GMT)
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http://bit.ly/1jzmYVF: 每天早上叫TZIN喝奶是一件很苦难的事，他很摸很摸很摸。摸到时间快不够了，要上学了，他还在摸。

http://bit.ly/1eshmvV: 我做事情很摸很摸，一个小时前给你打电话说我在穿鞋准备出门，结果被我摸到现在才在车上，你却只会质问我是不是跟别人在一起，不停的说不停的说

http://bit.ly/1i74xvY : 我和老公是很摸很摸的那种，还有一个星期就是婚礼咯，才不慌不忙的去选婚纱。

http://bit.ly/1hcapTi: 这两天混忙了头,其实也不是真的很忙,但是我每次出门到准备这个步骤的时候就会开始很摸很摸.每个学期开学都是每次都是.哈哈
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MY Lim
Malaysia
Local time: 14:48
Grading comment
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3 +1dilly-dallying
MY Lim


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dilly-dallying


Explanation:
I think “摸” refers to the fact that Peggy is dilly-dallying.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dilly-dallying: To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate.

Speaker 1: Have you seen Peggy lately?
Speaker 2: She’s studying Mandarin in my class.
Speaker 1: She’s all over the place, always dilly-dallying and not focused. She’s got a thousand and one ridiculous theories about this and that. I’m losing patience in dealing with her.
Speaker 2: *Speechless* Can’t Roberto knock some sense into her?
Speaker 1: I don’t know.


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Note added at 5 hrs (2013-11-25 01:39:10 GMT)
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http://bit.ly/1jzmYVF: 每天早上叫TZIN喝奶是一件很苦难的事，他很摸很摸很摸。摸到时间快不够了，要上学了，他还在摸。

http://bit.ly/1eshmvV: 我做事情很摸很摸，一个小时前给你打电话说我在穿鞋准备出门，结果被我摸到现在才在车上，你却只会质问我是不是跟别人在一起，不停的说不停的说

http://bit.ly/1i74xvY : 我和老公是很摸很摸的那种，还有一个星期就是婚礼咯，才不慌不忙的去选婚纱。

http://bit.ly/1hcapTi: 这两天混忙了头,其实也不是真的很忙,但是我每次出门到准备这个步骤的时候就会开始很摸很摸.每个学期开学都是每次都是.哈哈


MY Lim
Malaysia
Local time: 14:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ying Wang: 同意，实际上是 “磨蹭得很”。
36 mins
  -> Thank you
neutral  Phil Hand: Agree with the interpretation, but "dilly-dally" is some olde style language, not really appropriate for modern chat speak. Could consider: She wastes a lot of time; she is a time-waster; she's always faffing around (UK English); she's slow...
1 hr
  -> Thanks for your thoughts, Phil. You're right, I last I heard British native speakers use this term was years ago. However, this term is used in recent US articles written with a conversational tone (http://onforb.es/wGrmpt, http://trib.in/IoaKTQ).
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