First, the proverb must be a saying, not merely a traditional word like " fiddlesticks " or " phooey '.

He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.

他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。

If he keeps fiddling with the clock, he is sure to put it out of order.

他若继续摆弄那钟表, 那非把它弄坏不可.

Stop fiddling around and get to work.

别再鬼混,去干活吧!

Richard was fiddling with the Ford's radio.

理查德在摆弄这辆福特车里的收音机.

Don't go fiddling around with that spanner, you'll bugger the whole works up.

别拿那扳手乱摆弄, 你会把整个机件都搞坏的.

He was fiddling with a piece of string.

他在无聊地玩弄一条绳子.

An old man was fiddling away at the street corner.

有个老头一直在街角拉小提琴.

He'sbeen fiddling the books.

他一直在伪造账目。

We can engineer our own signals by fiddling with the length of a simple MA!

我们可以自己通过改变简单均线的时间参数来改变信号!

Put down my pen and stop fiddling!

把我的钢笔放下,别用手玩弄!

She was fiddling about with a pencil.

她无意识地摆弄一支铅笔.

It's so annoying, the way she kept fiddling about with her hair.

她不停地用手摸弄头发,真令人生厌.

Yet he cannot stop himself fiddling in the civil domain.

但是他却无法克制自己不在行政领域胡闹.

One always wonders when a man starts fiddling about with his Will.

一个人开始把遗嘱改来改去时总让人感到诧异。

He was fiddling about with the car engine.

他在摆弄汽车发动机.

Xenophobic fiddling with the share register helps nobody.

出于排外心理在股权问题上纠缠不清,对谁都没有好处.

Gert got her wings after fiddling around with stuff for a long time.

由于长期接触毒品,格特成了个瘾君子.

Stop fiddling ( about ) and do some work.

别再瞎混了,做点事吧.

She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it.

她告诉惠斯勒他给她画的肖像已经完成，不要再改了。

Salomon's fiddling is likely to bring big trouble for the firm.

萨洛蒙伪造账目可能会给公司带来大麻烦。