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
Amie	AY-mee	English
Agata	ah-GAH-tah (Italian, Spanish, Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian
Enok	E-nok (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Osanne	-	French (Rare)
Amit (2)	ah-MEET	Hebrew
Jolana	-	Czech, Slovak