Absurd language, behavior, or ideas that are contrary to common sense
“Simply to say you're going to make your fortune is all fiddlesticks and folly.”
Matters considered trivial or insignificant
“You are a creative artist, and I am an artist, and so we understand the struggle and the pain of it, and the reason for it, and the rest of the world is just fiddlesticks and apple sauce.”
Plural for a bow used to play the fiddle or violin
“Here's my fiddlestick, here's that shall make you dance.”
Used to express dismay or annoyance
“Oh fiddlesticks, it has been over three weeks. We might never move on to the real swords at this rate.”
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