dilly-dally

• “He would push us to resolution and not dilly-dally around, as though someone else needed to help the children and the aged, the orphans and the widowed.”

  The Huffington Post: Donna Schaper: A Jesus Look At The Issues Du Jour

• “Don't dilly-dally with yanking up your pants anymore.”

  The Huffington Post: Cator Sparks: Rise Up, Men, to the Glorious High-Waisted Pant!

• “Let's not dilly-dally, let's get straight on into the funny, shall we?”

  Friday Pix

• “So there, it's settled you're off to napa valley - you best confirm those eligible reservations, don't dilly-dally!”

  The Huffington Post: Alexis Swanson Traina: Love in the Vineyards

• “Although perhaps it is more important for a poet to be "companionable" than to dilly-dally around so much with words and stuff, more important to offer "something born of blood and emotion" (as if Stevens's poems don't contain emotion -- has Wiman read "The Death of a Soldier"?) than to write skillful and provocative poems.”

  Poetry

• “It likewise manifests the frankness of men who do not dilly-dally with terms, but who say what they mean, and who mean to settle down to a long, hard fight.”

  THE CLASS STRUGGLE

• “If we let him dilly-dally like this, we'll soon be facing a tragedy.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Transcript of Interview With Ichiro Ozawa

• “You might not want to dilly-dally at the airport, on the off chance that yours is the last flight of the night, but I would not worry about finding a taxi.”

  Transportation/Hotel Info for Guanajuato Visit

• “If you're interested, don't dilly-dally because the coupon expires July 31.”

  Dan Dorfman: Clip and Save: $1 Million Off

• “Senators dilly-dally and keep changing their minds.”

  Letter to Elected Officials to Pass Health Care Bill

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