mano sobre mano
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “hand on top of hand”.
Adverb
- (idiomatic) idle; hanging around; doing nothing; sitting on one's hands
See also
Further reading
- “mano sobre mano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024