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)
- hand in (something)
- lend (someone) a hand
- give (someone) a free hand
- keep one's hand in (something)
- turn one's hand to (something)
- bite the hand that feeds (someone)
- hand over (someone or something) to (someone)
- sit in on (something)
- sit back
- sit tight
- be hand in hand
- fold one's hands
- hand down a decision
- sit on the fence