sit on one's hands
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I sat on my hands and watched the other members of the family clean the living-room.
Другие идиомы:
- work hand in hand (with someone)
- on the one hand
- hand (something) to (someone) on a silver platter
- read the handwriting on the wall
- heavy hand (of something)
- have (someone) eating out of (the palm of) your hand
- leave (someone or something) in (someone's) hands
- cannot see one's hand in front of one's face
- sit well with (someone)
- sit right
- sit bolt upright
- hands off
- caught with one's hand in the cookie jar
- bite the hand that feeds (someone)
- win (something) hands down