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:
- read the handwriting on the wall
- from hand to hand
- hand down (something)
- raise a hand
- wring (someone's) hand
- hand in (something)
- hands down
- do (something) by hand
- have one's hands full (with someone or something)
- play into (someone's) hands
- get one's hands on (someone or something)
- to hand it to (someone)
- wring one's hands
- one's hands are tied
- in safe hands