יָשַׁב בְּחִיבּוּק יָדַיִים, חָבַק אֶת יָדָיו (יְשִׁיבָה בְּחִיבּוּק יָדַיִים)

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Sit with folded arms, fold one's arms (sitting with folded arms)/ to sit idle/ (laziness/"sitting with folded arms"/ idleness)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

To sit idle, to do nothing. Like a person sitting with folded arms.

("A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down" — Proverbs 6:10 and Proverbs 24:33; and also: "For if this is a matter of plunder, if, in an hour of revival and awakening, an ancient and wise people is persuaded to give up with folded arms" — Natan Alterman, Brit HaMoatzot VeYehudeha; and also: "And now what more is there to do? Why should we sit with folded arms and not go to the tavern?" — Agnon, These and Those, 307)