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:
- hand (something) down to (someone)
- have a hand in (something)
- try one's hand (at something)
- on the one hand
- sit in on (something)
- sit-in
- hand in glove (with someone)
- hand over (someone or something) to (someone)
- dirty one's hands
- hand in (something)
- work hand in hand (with someone)
- hand-out
- give (someone) a free hand
- sit idly by
- get one's hands on (someone or something)