fiddling

The central tension in Millet’s work comes from the sense that we’re all doomed: She writes that “stories seemed more and more useless,” and references the old line about fiddling while Rome burns.

“If you see me fiddling with it, and it ends up on my pinky, we’ll have big problems.”

He accused officials of "fiddling while Rome burns" and added: "Sorry but I'm on a mission. Dyson knows what he's doing and won't risk his global brand reputation delivering dodgy ventilators."

After fiddling with the device and calling Dean for tips on its operation, Andrew had the pump purring like an idling motorcycle.

“It’s been going really well, we’re just about wrapping up, which I’m not terribly sad about. The show is finally in its final form. I’m always fiddling with the show, as I tour it.”