not busy, not working He was sitting around twiddling his thumbs all day and didn
twiddle one's thumbs
Idiom(s): twiddle one's thumbs
Theme: TIME - WASTE
to fill up time by playing with one's fingers. • What am I supposed to do while waiting for you? Sit here and twiddle my thumbs? • Don't sit around twiddling your thumbs. Get busy!
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v. phr. To do nothing; be idle. I'd rather work than stand around here twiddling my thumbs.
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twiddle twiddle one's thumbs 1) to twirl one's thumbs idly around each other 2) to do nothing; be idle
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