Idioms linked to “손01” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Sit idle despite work to do Literal translation: “Tie the hands”
Remain doing nothing despite having work to do
Dictionary example 1
할 일이 태산같이 많은데 손을 맺고 있으면서 저절로 되기를 바라는 거니?
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Writing text손 맺다
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Pause one's work Briefly stop the action one has been doing. 
Shared · 2 ask for handouts To demand or beg for something. 
2 meanings Begin or join work Begin an undertaking 
Withdraw from an undertaking Leave work one has been doing. 
Shared · 2 Extend one's influence Deliberately exert some influence on another. 
2 meanings extend one’s reach To expand one’s activity into work one has not done before. 
2 meanings Break ties or lose one’s stake Sever relations with negative or troubling affairs 
get involved To participate in something. 
2 meanings Become involved Enter into wrongdoing 
Provide climbing support Provide brush, poles, or the like for vines to climb. 
beckon To gesture with one’s hand for someone to come. 
Have thieving hands Have a bad habit such as stealing 
2 meanings Shared · 2 Be generous; have effective means Spend generously and on a large scale. 
have a free moment To gain time to rest briefly from a task or do something else. 
Be without work Be resting because there is no work to do 
2 meanings Beg desperately; toil harshly Describes begging extremely earnestly. 
2 meanings reach or make contact For one’s strength or ability to reach something. 
Have one’s efforts reach everything For one’s efforts or power to reach around 
Finish a task Have a task end. 
work slowly To move very sluggishly while working. Browse in Hangul order.
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