twiddle one's thumbs
Verb
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Verb
- to circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored
- (idiomatic) To wait or dawdle; to accomplish nothing useful or lack a useful occupation.
- He twiddled his thumbs for almost a week while he waited for somebody to set up his computer.
- (circle one's thumbs)
- (wait) bide one's time, hold one's horses; See also Thesaurus:wait
- (dawdle) fool around, lallygag, loaf about; See also Thesaurus:loiter
- French: se tourner les pouces
- German: Däumchen drehen
- Italian: girarsi i pollici
- French: se tourner les pouces
- German: Däumchen drehen
- Italian: girarsi i pollici
- Russian: би́ть баклу́ши
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