Idiom: “horsing around”


Example:
Mariela:  Minami, you
really should pay more attention in your Idioms class. I don’t think you pay attention in class, you
are always horsing around.
Minami:Horsing
around? I don’t have a horse! I don’t even know how to ride a horse.  I take the bus everywhere I go!
Mariela: No,
silly. Horsing around means goofing
around and not paying attention.
Minami: Okay, you are right. I really
need to stop chatting with Bruno and Sylvia in Idioms class and need to start
paying attention to what the teacher says. 

Meaning: “horsing around” means to be goofing
around, playing around. Not paying
attention.

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