Sitting on Your Hands

The expression comes from the world of theater. The people sitting on their hands in this case are members of the audience. So let's go through how to use the expression to sit on your hands, to do nothing, to not act, to not help. When you're a police officer patrolling the streets and come across some dodgy looking dudes who are picking a fight with someone on the streets,. You drive past but don't get involved or resolve it right? Maybe slap the cuffs on these dodgylooking dudes who are pickin' a fight. Instead of doing your damn job instead of leaving it as is, you sit on yourhands. And I think we can also use for

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