Russian-English translations for бить баклуши

dawdleto dawdle away the whole morningIf you dawdle on your daily walk, you wont get as much exercise
fool aroundJake has been fooling around with a married woman.

fool away
fritter away one's time
goof around
goof off
us
He sat there goofing off all day instead of working.
idle
us
idle hoursMy computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutesidle workmen
muck aboutStop mucking about and get on with your work!Dont muck about with the video machine, or you might break it.It was only a joke. We were only mucking about.