sit on one's hands

İngilizce - Türkçe

sit on one's hands teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı: (deyim) hiçbir şey yapmamak; (deyim) parmağını kıpırdatmamak; (deyim) hiçbir eylemde bulunmamak
on one's hands: omuzlarında
on one's hands: elinde

İngilizce - İngilizce

sit on one's hands teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: To be idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation; remain idle, do nothing
on one's hands: Being one's liability or responsibility; with which one is lumbered
It is most curious to see that you have so much time on your hands that you are able to simply wander about this house bothering others.
sit on one's hand: (deyim) Do nothing; to fail to help. (See also sit on its hands.)
1. When we needed help from Mary, she just sat on her hands. 2. We need the cooperation of everyone. You can't sit on your hands!.
sit on one's hand: (deyim) [for an audience] to refuse to applaud. (See also sit on one's hands.)
1. The performance was really quite good, but the audience sat on its hands. 2. They sat on their hands during the first act.