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ничего не делать

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gen. hack around; be failing to act (theguardian.com Alex_Odeychuk); sit around (natasha5555); sit on someone's backside (Дмитрий_Р); snudge; stand idle; not do anything; have a good slack; not to do a hand's turn; not to move hand or foot; loaf away time; shirk; sit at home; count thumbs; not to do a stroke (of work)
Игорь Миг chill (You've been chilling for three months.); sit idle
austral., slang bludge
fig. warm the bench (Taras)
idiom. sit on one's hands (z484z)
inf. veg (Yanick); do bugger all (You're doing bugger all! Wakeful dormouse)
Makarov. do no work; not to do a stitch of work; not to do a stroke of work; do nothing
Makarov., inf. slob around; slob about
vulg. not do bugger all; air the orchid (Orchid is also Greek for testicle)
ничего не делая
obs. truantly
ничего не делать
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