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Her last two tips --- tracking the U.S. dollar, and how that might impact prices overseas, and not to dillydally when getting a U.S. passport --- are also great advice.— Blog updates
But Obama continues to dillydally, McConnell said.— Durangoherald.com
I don't dillydally, explore needlessly, or take any big chances.— Saved by the Bell
Too much dillydally about them.— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919
Still, there's something about the self-important whirlwind that Rachel Zoe is caught up in, the swirling, stormy egocentric gusts that blow her hither and thither, to and fro, from her "brand development" meeting, where she clutches her latte and talks about how frightened she is by the immense promise of having her very own line of accessories and fashions and bath mats and bed linens to her meetings with her associate, Taylor, who explains that Zoe must follow the day's schedule and not dillydally or stop to pick up $10,000 of random vintage couture dresses and accessories at her favorite boutique like she seems to do every 20 minutes or so.— Salon

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