We were just messing around playing with paint.

我们瞎混时间，玩玩油彩。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Just now he was just messing around.

他刚才纯属捣乱。

youdao

I spent the day just messing around.

我鬼混了一整天。

youdao

I'm really just messing around with the computer.

我真的是被计算机弄混乱了。

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But we're just adolescents messing around with these things.

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