This HTML5 player is not supported by your browser
stresses
gen. hang about ; stand pat (Anglophile ; go around in a circle (Anglophile ; go round in a circle (Anglophile ; go around in circles (Anglophile ; go round in circles (Anglophile ; make no headway (Anglophile ; in a circle ; hover (в ожидании, нерешительности) ; jib (обыкн. о лошади и т. п.) ; mill about/around (Liv Bliss ; keep shifting from one foot to the other (Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderlad: he kept shifting from one foot to the other Olgaglu.olgaglu ; tread in place (I mean, we're working more hours than ever before, but it kinda seems like for many of us, we're treading in place youtube.com Mr. Wolf ; mark time (We were upset to find out that all our work was merely marking time ) Игорь Миг kick the can down the road agric. jib (о лошади) amer. spin one's wheels (lexicographer disappr. tread water (АБ Berezitsky fig. mark time (She had met plenty of lazy professionals in her time, people content to mark time until retirement, but none of them had still been athletic in their mid forties. ) idiom. flail around (Olga Dulneva ; run in place (jouris-t ; be merely treading water (Prior to these events, the nation had been steadily building its strength; now, it seems to be merely treading water. — До этих событий страна последовательно наращивала свою мощь. Сейчас же она скорее топчется на месте. Alex_Odeychuk ; walk in circles (Sasha1123 Makarov. gib ; tick over ; be marking time ; make no progress ; run around in circles ; run round in circles ; shift from one foot to another Makarov., inf. hang around ; hang round mining. tread water slang mark time (ничего не предпринимать • Sergeant Timothy ordered his platoon soldiers to mark time as a punishment. == Сержант Тимоти приказал своим солдатам в качестве наказания маршировать на месте. ) gen. grind on (MissTN
youtube.com Mr. Wolf); mark time (We were upset to find out that all our work was merely marking time)