mano sobre mano

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Literally, “hand on top of hand”.

Adverb edit

mano sobre mano

(idiomatic) idle; hanging around; doing nothing; sitting on one's hands

See also edit

con una mano atrás y otra delante (poor)

Further reading edit

“mano sobre mano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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