v. phr. To do anything to help. Usually used in the negative. When we were all hurrying to get the house ready for company, Mary sat reading and wouldn't turn a hand.
Synonym: LIFT A FINGER.
v. phr. To do anything to help. Usually used in the negative. When we were all hurrying to get the house ready for company, Mary sat reading and wouldn't turn a hand.
Synonym: LIFT A FINGER.
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012