Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Twiddle [one’s] thumb

Twiddle [one’s] thumb:
    

Definition:         Waste time

Example 1

Get to work instead of twiddling your thumbs.


Get to work instead of wasting time.


 Example 2


She was twiddling her thumbs instead of getting down to business.

She was wasting time instead of getting down to business.

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