sit on one's hands

Verb

 * 1)  To remain idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation.
 * 2)  To fail to applaud when expected to.
 * 1)  To fail to applaud when expected to.
 * 1)  To fail to applaud when expected to.
 * 1)  To fail to applaud when expected to.

Translations

 * Finnish: pyöritellä peukaloitaan
 * French:
 * German: (nur) dumm rumsitzen
 * Polish: ,
 * Spanish: cruzarse de brazos,