fold one's hands
сложить руки, бездействовать, "палец о палец не ударить"
Dora folded her hands and watched her husband quietly while he was trying to fix the car.
Другие идиомы:
- have one's hands full (with someone or something)
- hand in (something)
- Many hands make light work
- change hands
- go away empty-handed
- win (something) hands down
- join hands
- sit on one's hands
- put one's hands on (something)
- at hand
- live hand-to-mouth
- have (someone) eating out of (the palm of) your hand
- keep one's hand in (something)
- hand over fist
- leave (someone or something) in (someone's) hands