pissing about
Fooling around aimlessly
Pissing about is British slang for wasting time or behaving foolishly instead of doing something productive.
It suggests aimless activity or deliberate avoidance of responsibility: Stop pissing about and finish your homework.
The phrase can also mean joking around or not being serious: Are you pissing about or do you actually mean it?
Sometimes spelled *pissing around*.
- loafingPassing time idly
- messing aroundIdle, aimless activity
- arsing aroundIdling unproductively
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- fooling aroundIdle playful behavior
screwing around · pottering · skylarking · clowning · procrastinating · fiddling · dilly-dallying · malingering · joking · having a laugh · mucking around · horsing around · goofing off · killing time · hanging out · bantering · teasing · lounging
pissing aboutgetting down to business
Focusing on the task
buckling down · knuckling down · applying oneself · concentrating · cracking on
pissing aboutmaking progress
getting things done · time management · delivering · optimizing · performing