not do a hand's turn

To do no amount of work. You haven't done a hand's turn since you moved in, so it's your job to clean the whole house this weekend! We won't do a hand's turn until we're given a pay raise.

not do a hand’s ˈturn

(old-fashioned) do no work: She hasn’t done a hand’s turn all week.

See also: not, turn

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a hand's turn
you could eat off the floor(s)
(as) clean as a new penny
be (as) clean as a new penny
clean as a hound's tooth
(as) clean as a hound's tooth
clean out of
clean (someone or something) out of (something)
clean-up operation
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