| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
mess around,
also UK: mess about vi phrasal | informal (be frivolous) (vardagligt) | tramsa vitr |
| | (vardagligt) | dumma sig vitr |
| | Stop messing around and let's discuss this seriously. |
mess around,
also UK: mess about vi phrasal | informal (be unproductive) (vardagligt) | greja vitr |
| | My husband is messing around in the garage - I've no idea what he's doing in there. |
mess around with [sth],
also UK: mess about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (tamper, play with) | greja med ngt vtr + prep |
| | | meka med ngt vtr + prep |
| | He enjoyed messing around with boats. |
mess around with [sth],
also UK: mess about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (spoil by fussing) | mixtra med vtr + prep |
| | | fiffla med vtr + prep |
| | Your painting is fine now; don't mess around with it any more or you will ruin it. |
mess around with [sb],
also UK: mess about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (tease) | retas med ngn vitr + prep |
| | | skoja med ngn vitr + prep |
| | Why are you so upset? We were just messing around with you. |
mess around with [sb],
also UK: mess about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (have an affair) | vara otrogen med ngn vbal uttr |
| | (bildlig) | ha en affär med ngn vbal uttr |
| | Helen caught her husband messing around with another woman. |
mess [sb] around,
also UK: mess [sb] about vtr phrasal insep | slang (treat disrespectfully) | vara respektlös mot ngn vbal uttr |
| | I'm sorry to mess you around, but I need to change the date of our meeting. |