“Sit on one's hands”in other languages
Do nothing when action is needed.
English
French
German
EnglishFrenchGermanSame idea, different pictures
English sits on its hands, and German lays them in its lap, die Hände in den Schoß legen. Either way, they're not working.
French has both feet in the same clog, avoir les deux pieds dans le même sabot: try walking like that.
More sayings in other languages
- Sit on the fence
- Sitting pretty
- Six of one, half a dozen of the other
- Skate on thin ice
- Go through the motions
- Slow and steady wins the race
- Sly as a fox
- Go off without a hitch
- Soaked to the skin