Workers hired to meet roaring demand have been left twiddling their thumbs.

为满足猛增的需求而被雇佣的员工们，现在闲得抠手。

" Wild! " he said, twiddling the replay knob on the side.

“真棒啊！”他摆弄着望远镜侧面的重放旋钮，说道。

The wizard went back to the desk, sat down, and twiddled his thumbs, watching the door.

巫师返回桌边，坐下来，心不在焉地玩弄着两个大拇指，望着门口。

I say that I don't want to be twiddling my thumbs.

我说我不想玩弄我的拇指。

That would be twiddling your thumbs.

那将是在玩弄你的拇指。

Our scriptwriter does not sit around here at ESL Podcast twiddling her thumbs.

我们的编剧不会坐在 ESL 播客上闲逛。

" To twiddle your thumbs" means to sit around and do nothing, in this case.

“To twiddle your thumbs”在这种情况下意味着坐在那里什么都不做。

" Hit me , " she said , twiddling her fingers for the cigarette .

" 给我一支，" 她说，捻动手指要香烟抽。

Now, he only twiddled his thumbs.

现在，他无事可干。

He sat down and used the tweezers to twiddle some twig.

他坐下来，用镊子捻弄一些嫩枝。