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。

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。

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

" 给我一支，" 她说，捻动手指要香烟抽。

I don't think people are going to be sort of sat there twiddling their thumbs.

我不认为人们会坐在那里摆弄他们的拇指。

" I hope one day I can make her proud, " Zetta said, twiddling her own thumbs now.

“我希望有一天我能让她感到骄傲，”Zetta 说，现在她的拇指在不停地转动。

You mean I have to sit here twiddling my thumbs while I wait for the plane to take off?

你是说我在等飞机起飞的时候必须坐在这里玩弄我的拇指？

Throughout the interview, she fidgeted about and kept twiddling the strap on her handbag, which she clutched tightly to herself.

在整个采访过程中， 她坐立不安， 不停地摆弄着手提包上的带子，她紧紧地抓住了手提包。

While we waited for the car to come up she stood on the step, just as before, twiddling her foot, looking down.

在我们等车子开过来的时候， 她像以前一样站在台阶上， 转动着她的脚， 低着头。

" Yes" ! exclaimed Mrs. Honeychurch. " That's exactly what I say. Why all this twiddling and twaddling over two Miss Alans" ?

“是的” ！ Honeychurch 夫人惊呼道。“这正是我要说的。为什么所有这些都在两个艾伦小姐面前喋喋不休” ？

" I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said. Harry, " said Dumbledore, twiddling his thumbs and staring at the ceiling.

“我一时耳聋，没听见你在说什么，哈利。”邓布利多说。他玩弄着两个大拇指，眼睛瞪着天花板。

It is going take a lot of time and legwork, but I have no intention of sitting home and twiddling my thumbs while I wait for my next job!

这将花费大量时间和跑腿工作，但我无意在等待下一份工作时坐在家里摆弄我的拇指！

" More tea, I think, " said Dumbledore, closing the door behind Harry, Ron, and Hermione, drawing out his wand, and twiddling it; a revolving tea tray appeared in midair along with a plate of cakes.

“再喝点茶吧。”邓布利多说着，在哈利、罗恩和赫敏身后关上房门，掏出魔杖，轻轻摆弄着，空中立刻出现了一只旋转的茶盘和一盘蛋糕。

" Every artist in the world has spent 18 months twiddling their thumbs, so they are making records, " says Ed Macdonald, the manager of 100% Records, which represents artists such as We Are Scientists, an indie rock band.

“世界上所有艺术家都有了18个月无所事事的时间，所以他们都在制作唱片，”100%唱片公司的经理艾德·麦克唐纳说。该公司代理着一些艺术家，比如独立摇滚乐队We are Scientists。

" Look here, " Mallinson shouted angrily, " are we bound to sit here twiddling our thumbs while this maniac does everything he damn well wants? What's to prevent us from smashing that panel and having it out with him" ?

“听着，” 马林森愤怒地喊道， “难道我们一定要坐在这里玩弄我们的拇指， 而这个疯子做他该死的一切他想做的事吗？有什么能阻止我们砸碎面板和他一起解决” ？