I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as fit as a fiddle (= very fit )
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She’s over eighty now, but still as fit as a fiddle .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fit
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You seem fit as a fiddle , Mr Blake.
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Today she's as fit as a fiddle - thanks to research funded by efforts such as Beefy's.
■ VERB
play
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He had been a reluctant ally and may well have resented playing second fiddle to his younger brother.
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But putts and drives will play second fiddle to schmoozing when top sports celebrities take center stage at the golf club.
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Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband.
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Even the lyrics tend to play second fiddle and are generally added after the main melody has been composed.
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She might also have simply got tired of playing second fiddle to the Prince's pastimes.
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The locals were not satisfied playing second fiddle to Los Angeles.
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Mr Pozsgay was simply fed up with playing second fiddle , a characteristic that was to re-emerge later.
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Instead of playing the fiddle , they could sip cocktails and play poker while nuclear war devastated the world outside their bunker.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
play second fiddle (to sb)
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He was never more than a B-movie actor, playing second fiddle to actors like Errol Flynn.
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But putts and drives will play second fiddle to schmoozing when top sports celebrities take center stage at the golf club.
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Even the lyrics tend to play second fiddle and are generally added after the main melody has been composed.
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He had been a reluctant ally and may well have resented playing second fiddle to his younger brother.
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Mr Pozsgay was simply fed up with playing second fiddle, a characteristic that was to re-emerge later.
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She might also have simply got tired of playing second fiddle to the Prince's pastimes.
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So often he has played second fiddle to Wright and notched only nine goals last season to his partner's 30.
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The locals were not satisfied playing second fiddle to Los Angeles.
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Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Managers don't really get paid much here, but most of them are working a few fiddles.
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The firm realised some sort of fiddle was going on, but they had no idea how much they were losing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even the lyrics tend to play second fiddle and are generally added after the main melody has been composed.
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Herron rounded out the band with some fiddle and steel guitar.
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Majella took up the fiddle , I got an accordion and Mary got a banjo.
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One boy had brought his fiddle and played a tune.
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She might also have simply got tired of playing second fiddle to the Prince's pastimes.
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So a bit of fiddle , but nothing really egregious.
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The locals were not satisfied playing second fiddle to Los Angeles.
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Within three weeks I was again as fit as Carl's fiddle .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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My boss thinks I've been fiddling my travel expenses.
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The company secretary has been fiddling the books for years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gary was fiddling with his wedding band when his illumination came.
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His wife fiddled with her spoons, putting the dessert spoon into the curve of the soup spoon.
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I fiddle at my computer for a while, trying to figure out what to say.
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In the hushed surroundings of a smart restaurant, Boon fiddles enigmatically with a fob watch on a neck chain.
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Obligingly, I did, and he fiddled with the lock.
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She was sitting at her desk in the living room, fiddling with a pencil and drinking from a bottle of beer.
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The mechanics fiddled with my ship.
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We had fiddled in Maastricht while Sarajevo began to burn.