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
Spartacus	SPAHR-tə-kəs (English)	History
Rory	['rɔ:ri]
Amalasuintha	-	Ancient Germanic
Ennius	-	Ancient Roman
Stephanos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Greek
Lycurgus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)