Dilly dally

v.

Heard in Cork and Kerry

To waste time or dawdle.

In use

Off you go to get some messages but dont dilly dally.

Posh English

Off you trot to collect the provisions, but pray do not dawdle along the way.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Dilly dally'inDillying and dallying; time-wasting or messing about.
  • Don't have timeAn excuse employed when one has little time available or wishes to appear busier than…
  • He/she wouldnt find time in a clock shopDescribing someone who is very busy or self-centred; a person who has no time for anyone…
  • Pissing timeA very short space of time, as long as it takes to urinate.
  • DawdlinTo waste time idling, procrastinating, or messing about instead of working.
  • Fartin' aroundTo idle or waste time in pointless activity.