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dabble; muddle; goof off; boil the pot; make the pot boil; pot; make a pig's ear; tinker; keep the pot boiling; beat the cover (o-george); scamp (Anglophile); do catchpenny jobs (Anglophile); do something on the side (a mechanic who buys and sells cars on the side. OALD. He makes a little money on the side by cleaning windows in his spare time.CALD. The band's lead singer has been making solo appearances on the side. MED Alexander Demidov); space out (Mizu); goldbrick (Taras); slack off (to do something with less effort or energy than before : I was exercising regularly last summer, but I've been slacking off recently. Bullfinch); cut corners (do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money. Stanislav Silinsky) | |||
daylight (в дневное время суток) | |||
cut corners (Developers will cut corners wherever possible to maximize profits. ART Vancouver) | |||
supplement one's income | |||
potboil; work on the side (Andrey Truhachev); do work on the side (Andrey Truhachev); botch; bungle; make money on the side; supplement income; turn out potboilers; have a side hustle (Wakeful dormouse); dog (MichaelBurov) | |||
pot boil | |||
do careless work; skimp one's work; tinker at; tinker with | |||
skive; dog it; fake it; moonlight; skiver; bodge (We bodge things all the time here. To do a bodge job means to do a quick and dirty. Beforeyouaccuseme) |
халтурить : 4 phrases in 3 subjects |
General | 1 |
Informal | 2 |
Makarov | 1 |