Summary

fiddling {adjective}
trivial · fånig · oviktig · strunt-

fiddle {noun}
fuffens · lurendrejeri

to fiddle {verb}
joxa · greja · pilla · fingra · spela fiol

Synonyms

Usage examples

... are fiddling while Rome burns...
... I should say fiddling while the Treaty...
... Brown succeeds in fiddling the figures....

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English-Swedish translation for "fiddling"

"fiddling" Swedish translation

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fiddling {adjective}

fiddling {adj.} (also: petty, pedestrian, little, fiddly)

trivial {adj.}

fiddling {adj.} (also: oafish, half-witted, fool, foolish)

fånig {adj.}

fiddling {adj.} (also: little, insignificant, inconsequential, fiddly)

oviktig {adj.}

fiddling {adj.} (also: fiddly, rubbishy)

strunt- {adj.}

fiddle {noun}

fiddle {noun} (also: hanky-panky)

fuffens {noun}

fiddle {noun}

lurendrejeri {noun}

to fiddle {verb}

to fiddle [fiddled|fiddled] {vb}

joxa {vb}

to fiddle [fiddled|fiddled] {vb} (also: to work, to tinker, to tamper)

greja {vb}

to fiddle [fiddled|fiddled] {vb} (also: to putter, to potter, to pick, to tinker)

pilla {vb}

to fiddle [fiddled|fiddled] {vb} (also: to paw, to finger, to toy)

fingra {vb}

to fiddle [fiddled|fiddled] {vb}

spela fiol {vb}

Synonyms

Synonyms (English) for "fiddle":

Usage examples

Usage examples for "fiddling" in Swedish

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We are fiddling while Rome burns.

Vi tramsar medan Rom brinner.

Or perhaps I should say fiddling while the Treaty of Rome burns.

Eller tramsar medan Romfördraget brinner, kanske jag borde säga.

It is merely one of the many ways in which Gordon Brown succeeds in fiddling the figures.

Detta är bara ett av de många sätt som Gordon Brown lyckas använda för att mixtra med siffrorna.

So if you start fiddling with the borders here you end up fiddling with the borders everywhere.

Så om man börjar mixtra med gränserna här, slutar det med att man mixtrar med gränserna överallt.

My concern though with this debate is that we are fiddling whilst Rome burns.

Så jag stöder resultaten från ICCAT och jag stöder principen om mellanstatligt samarbete om miljöfrågor.

We can only guess at the exact level of fiddling that goes on behind our backs involving European money.

Vi kan bara gissa exakt hur mycket mygel med EU-pengar som försiggår bakom våra ryggar.

First our nations are abused by this sort of constitutional rapist fiddling with their equality.

Man myglar till att börja med för folken som en slags konstitutionell Dutroux genom att röra deras jämlikhet.

I know that we have sent out a tender for an international management team, but we are fiddling while Rome burns.

Jag vet att vi har skickat ut ett anbud om ett internationellt ledningsteam, men vi håller på med struntsaker medan det brinner i knutarna.

So what we must not do is start fiddling with the definition of sustainable energy so as to be able to fulfil the objectives with minimum effort.

Då får man inte fiffla med definitionen av hållbar energi för att uppfylla sina mål så enkelt som möjligt.

All the fiddling and cheating that has been going in Brazilian banks in the last ten years alone can only be described as criminal.

Det mygel och det trixande som har ägt rum bara i brasilianska banker under de senaste tio åren kan inte betraktas som något annat än kriminellt.

Those who believe that we can secure peace and prosperity in southeast Europe by fiddling with borders here and there are deluding themselves, and deluding themselves seriously.

De som tror att vi kan säkra fred och välstånd i sydöstra Europa genom att mixtra med gränser här och där bedrar sig, och bedrar sig grovt.

What I am concerned about is, while Commissioners Flynn and Wulf-Mathies are fiddling with the rules, the dole queues in Sweden and elsewhere are getting longer and longer.

Det jag är intresserad av är att medan kommissionsledamöterna Flynn och Wulf-Mathies spiller tid på reglerna, växer sig köerna till socialen i Sverige och på andra håll sig allt längre.

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