- sit on hands
- sit on (your) hands
to do nothing about a problem or a situation that needs dealing with.
Every day the crisis worsens and yet the government seems content to sit on its hands.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
sit on hands
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sit — W1S1 [sıt] v past tense and past participle sat [sæt] present participle sitting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a chair etc)¦ 2¦(objects/buildings etc)¦ 3¦(do nothing)¦ 4¦(committee/parliament etc)¦ 5¦(meeting)¦ 6¦(animal/bird)¦ 7¦(look after)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
sit on one's hands — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do nothing; fail or refuse to do anything. * /We asked Bill for help with our project, but he sat on his hands./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sit on one's hands — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do nothing; fail or refuse to do anything. * /We asked Bill for help with our project, but he sat on his hands./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sit on your hands — see <sup>1</sup>SIT • • • Main Entry: ↑hand sit on your hands : to make no effort to deal with or respond to something She accused the administration of sitting on its hands while industries violated the law. • • • Main Entry: ↑sit … Useful english dictionary
sit on your hands — sit on (your) hands to do nothing about a problem or a situation that needs dealing with. Every day the crisis worsens and yet the government seems content to sit on its hands … New idioms dictionary
sit — [sit] vi. sat, sitting [ME sitten < OE sittan, akin to ON sitja, Ger sitzen < IE base * sed , to sit > L sedere, Gr hizein, Welsh seddu, to sit] 1. a) to rest the weight of the body upon the buttocks and the back of the thighs, as on a… … English World dictionary
sit — (v.) O.E. sittan to be seated, to seat oneself (class V strong verb; past tense sæt, pp. seten), from P.Gmc. *setjanan (Cf. O.S. sittian, O.N. sitja, O.Fris. sitta, M.Du. sitten, Du. zitten, O.H.G. sizzan, Ger. sitzen, Goth. sitan), from PIE … Etymology dictionary
sit-up — ☆ sit up or situp [sit′up΄ ] n. an exercise in which a person lying flat on the back rises to a sitting position without using the hands: sit ups are usually done in series … English World dictionary
sit — [c]/sɪt / (say sit) verb (sat or, Archaic, sate, sitting) –verb (i) 1. to rest on the lower part of the body; be seated. 2. to be situated; dwell. 3. to rest or lie. 4. to place oneself in position for an artist, photographer, etc.: to sit for a… …
sit — v. & n. v. (sitting; past and past part. sat) 1 intr. adopt or be in a position in which the body is supported more or less upright by the buttocks resting on the ground or a raised seat etc., with the thighs usu. horizontal. 2 tr. cause to sit;… … Useful english dictionary
