擔天望地 [担－－－]

Jyutping daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6
Pinyin dān tiān wàng dì

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    仰望​天空​同​俯視​地面​；​解作​四處​張望
    to look around; literally "to stare at the sky and look at the ground"
    • 你行路唔好成日眈天望地，小心撞到嘢。
      你行路唔好成日眈天望地，小心撞到嘢。
      nei5 haang4 lou6 m4 hou2 seng4 jat6 daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6, siu2 sam1 zong6 dou2 je5.
      Don't look around when you are walking, please be careful.
  2. 動詞
    無所​事事​、​無​嘢​好​做​，​唔​專注​咁​周圍​望​；​引申​指做​嘢​唔​專心
    to look around and to be inattention, for buying time or killing time
    • 佢做兩做就眈天望地，咪簡單嘢都做咁耐囉。
      佢做两做就眈天望地，咪简单嘢都做咁耐啰。
      keoi5 zou6 loeng5 zou6 zau6 daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6, mai6 gaan2 daan1 je5 dou1 zou6 gam3 noi6 lo1.
      He is inattentive when working, that is why he has wasted so much time on that simple thing.
    • 你聽人講嘢嗰時可唔可以唔好擔天望地？
      你听人讲嘢𠮶时可唔可以唔好担天望地？
      nei5 teng1 jan4 gong2 je5 go2 si4 ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 m4 hou2 daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6?
      Could you stop looking around when listening?
  3. 參看
    眈天望地
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你听人讲嘢𠮶时可唔可以唔好担天望地？
    你聽人講嘢嗰時可唔可以唔好擔天望地？
    nei5 teng1 jan4 gong2 je5 go2 si4 ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 m4 hou2 daam1 tin1 mong6 dei6?
    • Could you stop looking around when listening?