てをこまねく – Vocabulary details

てをこまねく

Expression

Verb (5-dan, く)

1. to fold one's arms

2. to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to look on with folded arms

3. to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

to fold (one's) arms; to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively

彼かれはただてをこまねいて見みているだけだった。

He just looked on with his arms folded.

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