ENGLISH IDIOMS: sit on one’s hands

in persian •  7 years ago 

sit on one’s hands

بیکار نشستن، تشویق نکردن

(To take no action; to fail to applaud.)

Instead of working on his project, he is sitting on his hands.

او به جای اینکه روی پروژه‌اش کار کند، همین‌طور بیکار نشسته است.

مثال دیگر:

Most of the country has dried up and turned into arid land and the authorities are just sitting on their hands.

اکثر مملکت خشک شده و به بیابان تبدیل شده است و مسئولان همین‌طور بیکار نشسته‌اند.


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example A: while he should be studying, he IS SITTING ON HIS HANDS

example B: despite a clear need to improve Utopian translations overall quality, most contributors kept SITTING ON THEIR HANDS

example C: shek could have helped her friend in need, but instead she WAS SITTING ON HER HANDS

example D: solving your problems is far better than SITTING ONYOUR HANDS

example E: when somebody IS SITTING ON THEIR HANDS, that could be regarded as a "passive mode"

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"Сидеть тихо, как мышь".
(слэнг)"Сидеть на попе ровно"

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

@ghasemkiani, this post very-very good friend

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I'm a newbie here and will like to know more. Thanks

Welcome Friend! I'm also newbie :D

When we needed help from Mary, she just sat on her hands. We need the cooperation of everyone. You can't sit on your hands!

anyone who does not want to try at will fail his whole life.

sit on one’s hands and doing nothing is bad.

She was taunting her sit on one’s hands during her illness.

Whatever i do, i want to do that in a right way.

Well idioms-tutorial

Sitting on your hands is not going to fetch you success.

Once the lazy & corrupted people are out of the system, any nation will be more successful

When you sits on your hands it means that you have done things or taking decision that will eventually back fires on you. I upvote you.

You also can sit on your hands if you keep raising your hand too often.

Instead of checking my page and voting my posts , you are sitting on your hands.
😎😅😅 LOL

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Thank you so much mr. Kiani 😊🌸🙏

What happen to you? Everyone works hard but you are just sitting on your hands.

I can tell you something about iranian ppl. Most of them dont work hard and most of them gripe. And often they gripe about the gouverment ;-)

Hello @roozbehbayat, in any country in the world, everyone has their on way of living. Some are good while some are bad people. And no one like their government including me 😊😊😊

i know this but iranian ppl are very spacial - believ me, I am one of them :-D

hahaha oh yes you are very special indeed :))

Sometime I am so sad to be iranian...

I am so sad too😭

where are you from?

Your posrmt is so nice. I like it. Thanks for sharing. I upvoted!

Every day the crisis worsens and yet the government seems content to sit on its hands.

You can't progress in your life if you are sitting on your hands entire day.

keep it up good doing

they lost office largely because their traditional supporters sat on their hands and stayed at home" @ghasemkiani

Dont just Sit on Your hands,Hard working make a great effort,dont wish But do action you Will get What you want.

We need the cooperation of everyone. You can't sit on your hands

Doing nothing about the problem on ground

Thanks for your another great idiom..

Great idioms..keep on sharing..

wonderful learning post. thanks for sharing

I needed to sit on my hands while the pints softened enough to spread.

Now he's on to another personnel subject and they sit on their hands, looking pained.

thanks for sharing learning post.

nice and great tutorail keep it on

I like idioms - tutorial ..Thanks for sharing your post..best of luck.

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i just love your #idioms-tutorial

@ghasemkiani, Your posts are awesome. Thanks for helping people.
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Why you blame us about the results,When we needed your help,you just sat on your hands.

It is more difficult to sit on one's hands while standing on one's feet.

Very nice sir ...very usefull english...easy to learn..thank you for your hard work for us...@ghasemkiani

You are making a great article I wish I could become as successful as you and get a voice for me

Every day the crisis worsens and yet the
government seems content to sit on its
hands. . :) @ghasemkiani

Useful post dear

many many thanks for sharing the educational post.

In this case, the higher authorities are sitting on one's hand.