fiddlesticks
- noun
- /ˈfɪdəlˌstɪks/
- Archaic
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tonterías
- She dismissed the rumors as fiddlesticks and refused to worry about them.
Examples
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All that talk about the haunted house is just fiddlesticks if you ask me.
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When he claimed he could run a mile in three minutes, I said it was pure fiddlesticks.
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That's just a bunch of fiddlesticks!
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I can't believe you think that; it's pure fiddlesticks.
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When he claimed he could run a mile in three minutes, I said that was pure fiddlesticks.
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She dismissed the accusations as fiddlesticks and chose not to concern herself with them.
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All that gossip about the haunted house is nothing but fiddlesticks in my opinion.
Synonyms
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9.9
Talk or ideas that are untrue and not worth believing
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9.9
Silly, unimportant talk that wastes time
Silly talk that makes little sense
Silly or untrue talk that is not important
Antonyms
How Nonsensical
Surface Forms
Morphology
fiddlesticks = fiddlestick (opaque) = fiddle + stick + s
The noun meaning 'nonsense' is an idiomatic extension of the literal compound and cannot be straightforwardly inferred from 'fiddle' + 'stick'.
Etymology
Fiddlesticks as a noun means 'nonsense' and probably grew from the idea of fiddle plus sticks as small, unimportant things. So if you call an idea fiddlesticks, you are saying it is not worth taking seriously.