faff

Brit.  to spend your time doing a lot of unimportant things instead of the thing you should be doing
I wish you'd stop faffing about and do something useful!  {Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs}

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - nusse
n. - nusseri

Français (French)
v. intr. - tournicoter
n. - tournicotage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wirbel
v. - (Slang) sich über Nichtigkeiten aufregen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαζολόγημα, άσκοπο ξόδεμα χρόνου, φασαρία, ενόχληση
v. - χαζεύω, χαζολογάω

Italiano (Italian)
spreco di tempo, perdere tempo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fazer algo desnecessário e de forma desorganizada

Русский (Russian)
нерешительность, колебаться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - preocuparse
n. - jaleo, alboroto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fjanta runt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无事瞎忙, 小题大做, 忙乱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 無事瞎忙, 小題大做
n. - 忙亂

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 헛소동을 피우다, 빈둥거리다
n. - 빈둥거림, 허둥거림

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大騒ぎ, うろたえ
v. - うろたえる, 大騒ぎする

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התרגש, רעד, הקים מהומה‬
n. - ‮מהומה‬

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