idle over, loiter over Hi, I would like know more about the phrases idle or loiter over something. In my interpretation and according to a dictionary it means that you spend too much time doing something that is insignificant, unimportant and normally just a waste of time. If it is true, how do we use them? Thank YouThank you for your comments. It has given me a few good ideas as to how to use idle and loiter. Now, it's quite clear that if none of these phrases mean anything to you then they mean nothing or they are not used the way I put them. In the dictionary that I usually use, idle over and even loiter over has a meaning similar to screw around with something (excuse my language..) or another synonym I found in this dictionary was "tinker away at something", which I don't even know whether it is a real phrase or it is just another fake one that has been put in for some reason. The reason why I looked up these phrases was that a few days ago someone who is a wine buff was telling me a story about her being able to spend a lot of time looking through the wine labels to find the perfect one to buy. I told her that I just go into the shop, check a few bottles of wine, grab one of them and I just take it. In other words I do not spend too much time searching for the perfect one and I do not worry and care so much about these things, so I am choosy about it. Another good example could be that I do not like to spend to much time browsing around in a supermarket what most men usually do not do. I just rush in and take what I want. These are the situations I've been looking to find a good phrase for.