twiddled his thumbs - translation to german
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twiddled his thumbs - translation to german

HAND GESTURE INDICATING APPROVAL
Thumbs-up; Thumbs-down; Thumbs down; Thumbs up (gesture); Thumbs up thumbs down; Thumbs Up; Thumbs Down; Thumbs up; 👍; 👎; Thumbs Signal; 🖒; 🖓; (y); (n); Thumbs signal; 👍🏻; 👍🏼; 👍🏽; 👍🏾; 👍🏿; 👎🏻; 👎🏼; 👎🏽; 👎🏾; 👎🏿; Thumb's up; Thumb's down; Thumbs-up sign
  • Buddhist]] monk giving the common thumb sign of approval
  • A thumb down sign of disapproval
  • A typical [[hitchhiker]]'s thumb gesture
  • Pollice Verso]]'' (1872) by [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]] is one of the sources of the "thumbs down" gesture in modern [[popular culture]], but is not based on historical data from Ancient Rome.
  • A truck driver giving a thumb sign in Britain, 1940

twiddled his thumbs      
drehte Däumchen
thumbs down         
ablehnen, dagegen stimmen
thumbs up         
zustimmen, dafür stimmen

Definition

thumbs-down

Wikipedia

Thumb signal

A thumb signal, usually described as a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, is a common hand gesture achieved by a closed fist held with the thumb extended upward or downward in approval or disapproval, respectively. These gestures have become metaphors in English: "The audience gave the movie the thumbs-up" means that the audience approved of the movie, regardless of whether the gesture was made.

Examples of use of twiddled his thumbs
1. Any man who has twiddled his thumbs waiting for his wife or opposite–sex partner to get ready to go out should not have been surprised by this.