SIT ON ONE'S HANDS

Meaning of SIT ON ONE'S HANDS in English

{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 English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — phrasal to withhold applause ; fail to show approval or enthusiasm, to fail to take expected or appropriate action
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — phrasal 1. : to withhold applause : fail to show approval or enthusiasm 2. : to fail to take expected …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — remain idle, do nothing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1. : to withhold applause : fail to show approval or enthusiasm 2. : to fail to take expected or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1 : to withhold applause : fail to show approval or enthusiasm 2 : to fail to take expected or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do nothing; fail or refuse to do anything. * /We asked Bill for help with our …
Slang English vocab
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — v. phr. , informal To do nothing; fail or refuse to do anything. We asked Bill for help with our …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1) не аплодировать; воздерживаться от выражения одобрения 2) бездействовать; сидеть, сложа руки
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1) не аплодировать; воздерживаться от выражения одобрения 2) бездействовать; сидеть, сложа руки
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — бездействовать, сидеть сложа руки, воздерживаться от выражения одобрения, не аплодировать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — бездействовать, сидеть сложа руки, воздерживаться от выражения одобрения, не аплодировать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1) не аплодировать; воздерживаться от выражения одобрения 2) бездействовать; сидеть, сложа руки
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1) не аплодировать; воздерживаться от выражения одобрения 2) бездействовать; сидеть, сложа руки
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — expr infml 1) The bloody audience just sat on its hands — Эта сволочная публика никак не хотела аплодировать 2) The Government is sitting …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — expr infml 1) The bloody audience just sat on its hands — Эта сволочная публика никак не хотела аплодировать 2) …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — sit on one's hands expr infml 1. The bloody audience just sat on its hands Эта сволочная публика никак не …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1) The bloody audience just sat on its hands — Эта сволочная публика никак не хотела аплодировать 2) The Government …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1. бездействовать; сидеть сложа руки; ничего не предпринимать; 2. не поддерживать, не одобрять; не аплодировать
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1. бездействовать; сидеть сложа руки; ничего не предпринимать; 2. не поддерживать, не одобрять; не аплодировать
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
SIT ON ONE'S HANDS — 1) не аплодировать; воздерживаться от выражения одобрения 2) бездействовать; сидеть, сложа руки
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIT — I. (|)sit, usu -id.+V; before a vowel-initial adverb with primary stress often _səd. or _sət; before “down” often _sə or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANDS — plural of hand present third singular of hand
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIT — sit 1 /sit/ , v. , sat or ( Archaic ) sate; sat or ( Archaic ) sitten; sitting . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDS — n. force of workers that is available, workforce
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SIT — I. ˈsit verb ( sat ˈsat ; sit·ting ) Etymology: Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIT — obs. 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of sit, for sitteth. 2. sit ·vt to suit (well / ill); to become. 3. …
Webster English vocab
HANDS — with reference to someone's power or control: → hand
Concise Oxford English vocab
SIT — [sit] vb sat ; sit.ting [ME sitten, fr. OE sittan; akin to OHG sizzen to sit, L sedere, Gk hezesthai …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIT — / sɪt; NAmE / verb ( sit·ting , sat , sat / sæt; NAmE /) ON CHAIR, etc. 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIT — sit S1 W1 /sɪt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle sat /sæt/, present participle sitting ) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIT — v. & n. --v. (sitting; past and past part. sat) 1 intr. adopt or be in a position in which …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIT — v. & n. v. (sitting; past and past part. sat) 1 intr. adopt or be in a position in which …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIT — v. & n. --v. (sitting; past and past part. sat) 1. intr. adopt or be in a position in which …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
SIT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SIT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sitting target (= someone who is easy to attack ) ▪ In the open, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANDS — [plural] [noun]I'm worried about confidential information falling into the wrong hands (= being received by people who could use it …
Cambridge English vocab
SIT — Synonyms and related words : be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be seated, be with child, breed, brood, bum …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANDS — Synonyms and related words : administration, authority, claws, clutches, command, control, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fighting force, firepower, forces, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANDS — n. pl. See clutches .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SIT — verb 1 on a chair, etc. ADVERB ▪ motionless , still ▪ Just ~ still! ▪ quietly ▪ He would …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SIT — INDEX: 1. to be sitting in a chair, on the floor etc 2. to sit after you have been standing …
Longman Activator English vocab
HANDS — • ↑ be in good/safe hands • ↑ be out of sb's hands/be no longer in sb's hands • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
SIT — v. 25B6; verb you'd better sit down : TAKE A SEAT, seat oneself, be seated, perch, ensconce oneself, plump oneself, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIT — v. 1 be seated, settle, sit down, take a seat, rest, Colloq take the weight or a load off one's …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SIT — гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - sat 1) а) сидеть; садиться (тж. to sit oneself) Are the children …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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