twiddle one's thumbs in Englisch

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      "kind": "other",
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  "hyphenation": "twid·dle one's thumbs",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I hang around twiddling my thumbs until the phone rang.",
          "translation": "Ich hab Däumchen drehend herumgehangen bis das Telefon klingelte."
        }
      ],
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        "untätig Zeit verbringen, totschlagen; auf etwas warten"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1"
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        "australisch"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "kick one's heels"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "untätig Zeit verbringen, totschlagen; auf etwas warten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Däumchen drehen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "untätig Zeit verbringen, totschlagen; auf etwas warten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hände in den Schoß legen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twiddle one's thumbs"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Englisch",
    "Redewendung (Englisch)",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "hyphenation": "twid·dle one's thumbs",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I hang around twiddling my thumbs until the phone rang.",
          "translation": "Ich hab Däumchen drehend herumgehangen bis das Telefon klingelte."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "untätig Zeit verbringen, totschlagen; auf etwas warten"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "En-au-twiddle one's thumbs.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "australisch"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "kick one's heels"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "untätig Zeit verbringen, totschlagen; auf etwas warten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Däumchen drehen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "untätig Zeit verbringen, totschlagen; auf etwas warten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hände in den Schoß legen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twiddle one's thumbs"
}

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"twiddle one's thumbs" meaning in Englisch

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