泡蘑菇 [
pào mó gu]
use delaying tactics
play for time
soak dry mushrooms in water
- 你总是泡蘑菇。
You are always dawdling. - 别跟我泡蘑菇了,我们不能为你破例。
Stop pestering me. I can't make an exception for you. - 如果你这么泡蘑菇,什么时候才完得了?。
When will you ever be able to finish, if you go on dawdling like this?