| 单词 | twiddle one's thumbs |
| 释义 | twiddle one's thumbsSEE SYNONYMS FOR twiddle one's thumbs ON THESAURUS.COM Be bored or idle, as in There I sat for three hours, twiddling my thumbs, while he made call after call. This expression alludes to the habit of idly turning one's thumbs about one another during a period of inactivity. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby twiddle one's thumbstwice-laid, twicer, twice-told, Twickenham, twiddle, twiddle one's thumbs, twig, twig blight, twig borer, twig girdler, twiggy The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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