If you fool about with matches, you'll end up getting burned.

如果你摆弄火柴，最后可能烧到自己。

《牛津词典》

Elizabeth: he's been a fool about so many things... but then, so have I.

伊丽莎白：他过去在很多事上都这么傻……不过我也是。

youdao

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

如果你一开始没有成功，那就再试一次、再试两次。然后放弃。没必要为这变成傻瓜。

youdao

That's the whole thing about being a kook,I mean, being willing to be a beginner, make a fool out of oneself once in a while."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Invite Laci, Tibor, and Uncle Endre to lunch too, just as you do every other Sunday when you come together to fool about with spirits.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Esther's Inheritance'

"Gov. Romney, you've been spending the last year trying to fool people about your record, " McCain said.

CNN: Candidates tout conservatism at GOP debate

Senator JOHN McCAIN (Republican, Arizona): Governor Romney, you've been spending the last year trying to fool people about your record.

NPR: GOP Candidates Take Aim at Each Other