Sentences with phrase «left twiddling»

It's just a shame that we'll be left twiddling our thumbs for the rest of this year, eagerly anticipating getting our hands on it.

Some of the characters in the film were mere silhouettes, Bobby Cannavale, who I thought was excellent in a supporting role in Blue Jasmine, was left twiddling his thumbs in this one.

If it hadn't been for this ridiculous descent into farce, made worse by the appalling quality of feline - based puns on offer from everyone from the Tory party chairman downwards, we would have been left twiddling our thumbs.

THeo Walcott once again is left twiddling his thumbs on the Arsenal bench, with Danny Welbeck alongside him.

It's a sucky situation all - round, as nobody likes to see a championship decided like that, and Gasly is going to be left twiddling his thumbs on a weekend where he should have been racing something, somewhere.

You need to know what events are happening and when, so you can allocate things like tutors (without overloading them or leaving them twiddling their thumbs), venues, equipment, etc..

Such a strategy is not an alternative to market - based instruments, it's very hard to imagine it proving more effective even in the long run, and in all likelihood it would leave us twiddling our thumbs for twenty years or so while the lawyers deliberate.

The IT department might forget to hand over a password, or the key people you need to meet might get called away to a client meeting at the last minute, leaving you twiddling your thumbs and wondering how to constructively fill your morning.

By design, the discus - shaped device hosts very few features, instead leaving the twiddling to your smartphone or tablet.

Not exact matches

Besides, Eric Apricot just did a post on the double screen (the one two punch), which doesn't leave three players standing around twiddling their thumbs.

(And then I spent a day twiddling my thumbs trying to think of ways to entertain my hands without any knitting or strength left in my hands to do so, but that's another story.

A considerate «no» is preferable to a thumb - twiddling non-response that leaves the other person feeling they must have done something wrong.

Robots have taken over every single job in the world, leaving humanity to do nothing else but twiddle their thumbs and waste away into poverty.

It does not help that a visitor is often left confused as to where they are supposed to be, lacking the information to take charge of their stay, (im) patiently twiddling their thumbs in hospital waiting rooms until they get to see a doctor.

Without any huge shake - ups in the sport the developers are left to twiddle their thumbs.

Robots have taken over every single job in the world, leaving humanity to do nothing else but twiddle their thumbs and waste away into poverty.

If you were looking forward for some fresh PS4 exclusive game announcements at E3, you were probabally left sitting there twiddling your thumbs saying «Ho hum,» trying not to look disappointed while everyone around you was getting excited about trailers and announcements.

It's so important to have a resume and online profile that showcase your relevant skill sets and accomplishments, while also showing that you haven't been twiddling your thumbs since you left the corporate world.