farting about
Aimlessly killing time
Farting about is British slang for wasting time on trivial or aimless activity.
It suggests puttering without purpose or accomplishing nothing useful: Stop farting about and help me with this.
The phrase carries mild vulgarity but is common in casual speech.
Also *farting around*.
- loafingPassing time idly
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- idlingOperating without working
- wasting timeUnproductive use of hours
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
dawdling · slacking · puttering · meandering · procrastinating · dilly-dallying · loitering · shuffling · footling · bumbling · faffing · fooling around · monkeying around · larking · messing around · drifting · doodling · muddling
farting aboutgetting down to business
Focusing on the task
focusing · buckling down · knuckling down · concentrating · applying oneself
farting aboutgrafting
Joining tissues to grow together
toiling · hustling · grinding · labouring · pulling one's weight