眈daam1天tin1望mong6地dei6

daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6dān tiān wàng dì

English

(adjective) absentminded; not paying attention; standing around doing nothing; to glance around
to look around; literally "to stare at the sky and look at the ground"
to look around and to be inattention, for buying time or killing time

粵語 — Cantonese

仰望天空同俯視地面；解作四處張望
無所事事、無嘢好做，唔專注咁周圍望；引申指做嘢唔專心

Examples

你行路唔好成日眈天望地，小心撞到嘢。
Don't look around when you are walking, please be careful. ----
你聽人講嘢嗰時可唔可以唔好擔天望地？
Could you stop looking around when listening?
佢做兩做就眈天望地，咪簡單嘢都做咁耐囉。
He is inattentive when working, that is why he has wasted so much time on that simple thing.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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