sit on one's hand

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English - Turkish

Definition of sit on one's hand in English Turkish dictionary

sit on one's hands
(deyim) hiçbir şey yapmamak
sit on one's hands
(deyim) parmağını kıpırdatmamak
sit on one's hands
(deyim) hiçbir eylemde bulunmamak
English - English
(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!.

(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.

sit on one's hands
To be idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation
sit on one's hands
remain idle, do nothing
sit on one's hand

    Hyphenation

    sit on one's Hand

    Turkish pronunciation

    sît ôn wʌnz händ

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsət ˈôn ˈwənz ˈhand/ /ˈsɪt ˈɔːn ˈwʌnz ˈhænd/
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