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wring hands

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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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Something needs to be done and, until it is, people will continue to wring hands and the game will continue to suffer.
 
 
 
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