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wring your hands

to show that you are very sad or anxious about a situation but do nothing to improve it. It's not enough for us to stand by and wring our hands - we've got to take action.

See also: hand, wring

wring your hands

to worry about something but not do anything about it. It's too bad your grades have dropped, but if you just wring your hands over it, nothing will improve.

See also: hand, wring

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