fool about

If you fool about with matches, you'll end up getting burned.

如果你摆弄火柴，最后可能烧到自己。

By borrowing cows from each other, the farmers can fool officials about the number of cattle they own, and obtain larger loans, which get wasted.

他们通过互相借用奶牛来欺骗政府官员，隐瞒他们所拥有的牛的数量，从而获得更大的贷款额度，可这些贷款往往被浪费了。

Any promises he made about success is nothing but the Fool's Gold.

任何其他关于成功的许诺都不过是愚人金.

I felt like a real fool, going on about heavy traffic, when I'd never accept that kind of excuse myself!

我觉得自己像个傻瓜，老是为交通拥挤而烦恼，而我自己却从来不接受这种借口！

Most people who get in trouble do know the rules and facts, but manage to fool themselves about the risks they're taking by using excuses: Everyone else does it, I'm not hurting anyone, or I really need this grade.

惹祸上身的人中绝大多数都知道规则和事实，但是他们总能找借口来忽悠自己，抹去所承担的风险，比如人人都这么干、我又没害谁、我真的需要这个分数。

But if you do not know anyone in a big city, it's easy to fool hesitant about going there.

但是甘果在一个大城市中，谁也不认识，那就很容易里足不前了。

She indeed lives in a fool's paradise as she always dreams about making a huge fortune overnight.

她总想一夜暴富,的确有点想入非非.

Ridiculous anserine behavior; a dopey answer; a dopey kid; some fool idea about rewriting authors' books.

愚蠢可笑的行为；愚蠢的回答；笨小孩；想改写作者书籍的、有点愚蠢的念头。

I've done nothing But fool about all day. I can't waste time on such frivolities.

我整天无所事事浪费光阴。我不能在这种无聊的事情上浪费时间。

He is a marvelous hand at picking up bargains and can always, for instance, persuade the butcher to give him a pound of eatable meat for two pence, yet at the same time he is an absolute fool about money, and never saves a halfpenny.

他还是一个能买到便宜货的顶级好手，例如，他总能说服屠夫给他一磅肉，而只花两分钱。但与此同时，对于钱财他却是一个十足的傻瓜，从来不会存得半分半子儿。

Don't fool about with another man's wife.

不要和有夫之妇乱搞.

Talk about trying to cure warts with spunk-water such a blame fool way as that!

用那样糊涂蛋的方法还谈什么仙水治疣子!

The monitor told his classmates not to fool about in the classroom while they should be reviewing their lessons.

班长叫同学们在应当复习功课的时候不要在教室里胡闹。

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a fool about it.

如果一开始不能成功，再试一次，然后就放弃，没必要一直为此犯傻。

You shouldn't have let the children fool about / around with dangerous chemicals.

你不该让孩子们胡闹摆弄危险的化学品.

The story Gimpel the Fool is about the theme of morals'returning and the conflict between benevolence and evil, and Singer successfully portrays a wise fool without any special desires.

小说《傻瓜吉姆佩尔》讲述了一个关于道德回归以及仁慈和邪恶斗争的故事，作者幸格成功地塑造了一个清心寡欲的智慧型愚者。

At this moment, those who had got on the bank shouted to him desperately4: "You are such a headstrong fool. You are about to drown, so what do you want the money for?"

这时候，已经上岸的人又拼命地向他喊道：“你真是太糊涂，太死心眼了，连人都快要淹死了，还要钱干什么？”

We would as soon go elsewhere to work as fool about here.

我们与其在这里虚度光阴倒不如去外地打工。

It is ridiculous for you to fool about that way.

你那样地混日子实在荒唐.

Why must you fool about all day?

为什么你要整天胡混?

Most managers couldn't care less about information technology. More fool them.

多数的经理管理者根本不关心信息技术，他们真的很傻。