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:
- you've got to hand it to (someone)
- lend (someone) a hand
- throw one's hands up in horror
- keep one's hands off (someone or something)
- have (something) in one's hands
- raise a hand
- get out of hand
- give (someone) a hand with (something)
- take (someone or something) off (someone's) hands
- in the hands of (someone)
- hold (someone's) hand
- hand down a decision
- hand over fist
- all hands on deck
- Many hands make light work