Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “sit on one’s hands“ and its meaning is “’to do nothing’; You choose to ‘take no action’ instead of helping others or yourself. The original meaning of this phrase/idiom was ‘to fail to applaud’”.
Example Sentence: I think of the few people I know – older relatives of friends – who sympathise with Trump, and the dislike I feel towards them is so intense, so visceral, so childish in its desire to scream in their direction, that I practically have to sit on my hands.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Opinion Donald Trump Is Trump, finally, managing to repel even his own supporters? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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