sit on one's hands

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remain idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation. idiomatic
    — "Ministers cannot continue to sit on their hands, hoping this dispute will go away. Our members are fully prepared to fight tooth-and-nail for a negotiated settlement," RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch has warned.
  2. To fail to applaud when expected to. informal
    — While Boston is a "musical town," audiences here sat on their hands a good part of the time.

词形变化

sits on one's hands present,singular,third-person sitting on one's hands participle,present sat on one's hands participle,past sat on one's hands past
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