fart vs sit on one's hands

fart

verb
  • To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing. 

  • To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate. 

  • To emit (fumes, gases, etc.). 

noun
  • An irritating person; a fool. 

  • (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views. 

  • An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. 

sit on one's hands

verb
  • To remain idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation. 

  • To fail to applaud when expected to. 

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