twiddle one's thumbs

Be bored or idle, as in There I sat for three hours, twiddling my thumbs, while he made call after call. This expression alludes to the habit of idly turning one's thumbs about one another during a period of inactivity. [Mid-1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BÁIrbre	BAHR-bre	Irish
Stafford	STAF-ərd	English
RadomÍR	-	Czech
Alemayehu	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Lottie	['lɔti]
Agnessa	ahg-NYE-sah	Russian