mess around

1. (разговорное)To fiddle idly.

   The kids sat there messing around with leaves and blades of grass because they were bored.

   These guys don't mess around! They finished the whole job in ten minutes.

   herumspielen, herumgammeln

2. (разговорное)To joke, kid, or play.

   Hey, don't take it personally. I was only messing around.

   Don't mess around with electricity if you don't understand it.

3. (разговорное)To have a sexual relationship, especially one which is noncommittal.

   Rumor has it that he's messing around with his secretary.

4. (устаревшее, сленг)To dance.

1. You don't mess around with Tom.

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2. Stop messing around.

   Перестань с этим возиться. — alik_farber

   deHör auf, damit herumzuspielen. — Jan_Schreiber

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3. Don't mess around.

   deMach keinen Blödsinn! — wolfgangth

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4. I don't want to mess around.

   Я не хочу валять дурака. — odexed

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5. Tom spent the afternoon messing around in his garage.

   deTom verbrachte den Nachmittag damit, in seiner Garage herumzuwerkeln. — brauchinet

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неправильный

• mess upпровалиться, повредитьTo make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
• mess aroundтерять времяTo fiddle idly.
• mess aboutотдыхать, бездельничатьTo misbehave
• mess withзапутать, запутатьсяTo interfere with.
• mess overTo mistreat, abuse, oppress or bother (someone).