shilly-shally

shilly-shally englanniksi

1. To procrastinate.

2. 1836, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, ''Paul Clifford'' in ''The works of Edward Lytton Bulwer, esq. in two volumes, Volume 1'', Page http://books.google.com/books?id=DOwtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA633&dq=%22your+time+has+come,+and+you+can't+shilly-shally+any+longer%22&hl=en&ei=3uJ8TsnSOcKX8QPkzOGHAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQv=onepage&q=%22your%20time%20has%20come%2C%20and%20you%20can't%20shilly-shally%20any%20longer%22&f=false 633

"Why, you sees sic, Captain, your time has come, and you can't shilly-shally any longer. You have had your full swing; your years are up, and you must die like a man!"

3. 1866, Charles Reade, ''Griffith Gaunt'', in ''The Argosy'': Volume 2 - Page 16, published by Strahan and Co.

"She would have come a few months ago, and gladly: I'll write to her."

"Better talk to her, and persuade her."

"I'll do that too, but I must write to her first".

"So do then; but whatever you do, don't shilly-shally no longer."

4. {{quote-text|en|year=1867|title=The Nation: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Science, and Art|volume=4|url=http://www.google.com/search?q=%22on+the+ground+that+such+shilly-shallying%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1|page=215

5. To vacillate.

6. {{quote-journal|en|date=7 January 1991|author=Michael Duffy|title=The Two George Bushes: At Home—A Case of Doing Nothing|journal=Time

7. (quote-journal)

8. Indecisive; wavering.

9. (RQ:Eliot Adam Bede)

10. Indecision; irresolution.