Dilly Dally Shilly Shally

expression used by tifa in the "Advent Children" movie when talking to cloud. its japanese translation is つるつる つるつる, or tsuru tsuru tsuru tsuru. which is a japanese onomatopoeia for dragging.
'dilly dally shilly shally' is a way of telling someone to shut up and stop wasting time.

Girl: You just cant deal with anything, can you??
Guy: (some lame excuse)
Girl: Oh shut up.
Guy: (more lame excuse)
Girl: Dilly dally shilly shally!

(example by Christina S)

by Munchkafied February 8, 2009

dilly dally silly sally

A term used to tell a person to stop sulking in the past and get over it. WARNING: May confuse the hell out of a person if they haven't watched FF: Advent Children

-I can't belive I lost...
-Dilly dally silly sally (get over it loser, but nicely)

by Josh Bales December 28, 2007

Dilly Dally Shilly Shally

Some random expression used to Tifa in the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. No one is quite sure what it means, but it appears she says it in uncomfortable situations, much like "I don't wanna talk about it!"

Girl: You just cant deal with anything, can you??
Guy: (some lame excuse)
Girl: Oh shut up.
Guy: (more lame excuse)
Girl: Dilly dally shilly shally!

by Christina S May 16, 2006

The Dilly Dally

A fun slang term used mostly by locals to refer to the metropolitan area of Dallas, Texas.

My friends and I are going to a bachelorette party in The Dilly Dally next week, it’s such a great place to party!

by Miranda_danda_panda May 29, 2023

The Dilly-Dally Ghost

A ghost that'll appear any time at night if you dilly-dally too much. They say that if you dilly-dally too much at any time of the night, the Dilly-Dally Ghost will appear, and punch you in the noggin. Of course, he doesn't always do this. No, sometimes he eats you, or straight up murders you.

Imagine that 3 friends are at a campfire
one of the friends wants to mess around and one of them agrees.
However, the last friend is worried and warns them about the Dilly-Dally Ghost.
The two other friends ignore this and then the Dilly-Dally Ghost appears and punches them in the Noggin.
They're sure lucky to be alive! Although they have permanent brain damage...

by somebody who's in the U.S. October 26, 2019

Dilly-Dallying

Wasting time when something needs to be done promptly

"Go the shop and get me Tampax...and no dilly-dallying!"

by MissLRD April 20, 2011

Dilly-Dallyer

a person who wastes time when there is work to be done

everyone at this ad agency is a dilly-dallyer, other wise we would get out before 11 pm every day

by joesoph November 2, 2005