じたばた

¶→じたばたする

¶つまらない事でそんなに～するな

Don't make so much fuss about trifles.

(kick and) struggle
wriggle

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じたばた

¶ → じたばたする

¶つまらない事でそんなに～するな

Don't make so much fuss about trifles.

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じたばた

struggling; floundering.

●じたばたさわぐ flounder around [throw one's legs and arms about] in a panic; wriggle about desperately.

じたばたする wriggle; (kick and) struggle; flounder 《in the mud》; busy oneself ineffectually.

●じたばたするな. 〔動くな〕 Keep still! | Stay right where you are! | 〔騒ぐな〕 Keep your head!

・じたばたしないでもう観念しろ. Stop squirming and give yourself up quietly. | Give up. You can't get out of it [You'll have to accept it].

・今さらじたばたしても無駄だ. It's no use struggling now.

・この期(_ご)に及んでじたばたするとは見苦しいぞ. Take it like a man. It looks bad struggling on now things have reached this stage.