sit on one's hands informal

But he sat on his hands for two or three years.

"They are not sitting on their hands and waiting to be asked."

"The rest of the world cannot be expected to sit on its hands any longer."

For a moment, I have to sit on my hands.

Had known the day would come when the Seven could no longer sit on their hands and do nothing.

To be sure, companies are not sitting on their hands.

"We might have a lot of time sitting on our hands."

"But anything more than sitting on our hands, waiting for something to happen."

We must not sit on our hands in this case either.

But we can't just sit on our hands with all this.