To occupy oneself with unimportant matters and neglect priorities during a crisis.
Origin: (The source of this phrase is the story that Nero played the fiddle (violin) while Rome Burned during the Great Fire in AD 64).
Origin: (The source of this phrase is the story that Nero played the fiddle (violin) while Rome Burned during the Great Fire in AD 64).
duskins: "Just waiting for the time to be ideal!"
Zavah: "That time is never going to exist,why are you fiddling while Rome burns?"
duskins: . . . "oh f***." >_<
Zavah: "That time is never going to exist,why are you fiddling while Rome burns?"
duskins: . . . "oh f***." >_<
by duskins July 17, 2006
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the dictator of Cuba who thinks he's all that and a bag of chips, but is just a complete bastard who likes to make people's lives impossible
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1Wasting time
2Messing with something (attempting to fix something, mainly hands on)
3Performing certain sexual acts on such female.
1Wasting time
2Messing with something (attempting to fix something, mainly hands on)
3Performing certain sexual acts on such female.
1 Bob! Quit fiddlefucking around and lets go!
2 Im taking my car to the shop, Im tired of fiddlefucking with the spark-plugs.
3 Dude! I was so fiddlefucking Sally in the back seat of your car!
2 Im taking my car to the shop, Im tired of fiddlefucking with the spark-plugs.
3 Dude! I was so fiddlefucking Sally in the back seat of your car!
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Get the kiddy fiddler mug.Adj. To prey on the elderly in a sexual manner. Much like a paedophile is reffered to as a 'kiddy fiddler' and offers sweets to tempt children, The Biddy Fiddler offers food stamps and money off vouchers.
Alright Trev, what you been upto? Well Barry i've been out Biddy Fiddling. Smashed the granny out of Edna on monday. Oh Trev you Biddy Fiddler!
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