twiddle one's thumbs

Meaning: tocircleone's thumbs around one another, usually with thefingersinterlaced, usually doneidlywhile waiting orbored; (idiomatic)Towaitordawdle; to accomplish nothing useful or lack a useful occupation.Synonym:sit on one's handsHetwiddled his thumbsfor almost a week while he waited for somebody to set up his computer.

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EN: English equivalent: To twiddle one's thumbs.
HI: Hindi Equivalent: डूबते को तिनके का सहारा.
EN: Damn it, nothing to do but twiddle one's thumbs.
TE: అబ్బే ఇలా కుదరదు. . ఒక్కళ్ళ డయలాగ్స్ రికార్డు చేద్దాం అన్నారాయన.

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