twiddle your thumbs

informal to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen 百无聊赖〔等某事发生〕

Let’s go – there’s no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs.

我们走吧——坐在这儿干等没有用。

Examples from the Corpus

twiddle your thumbs• I sat there and twiddled my thumbs.• The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee.• Till then, its quarry sat twiddling his thumbs and not quite smirking.

→ twiddle your thumbs at twiddle(1)

单词	twiddle your thumbs
释义	twiddle your thumbs twiddle your thumbs informal to do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen 百无聊赖〔等某事发生〕 Let’s go – there’s no point in sitting here twiddling our thumbs. 我们走吧——坐在这儿干等没有用。 Examples from the Corpus twiddle your thumbs• I sat there and twiddled my thumbs.• The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee.• Till then, its quarry sat twiddling his thumbs and not quite smirking. → twiddle your thumbs at twiddle(1)
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