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English

bit twiddling

Spanish

manipulación de bits

Last Update: 2014-11-14
Usage Frequency: 6
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English

we cannot afford the luxury of sitting here just twiddling our thumbs.

Spanish

no podemos permitirnos el lujo de sentarnos de brazos cruzados.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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English

lest the public think obama is twiddling his thumbs and procrastinating idly, this is far from the truth.

Spanish

para que el público no vaya a creer que obama ha estado echando pie atrás, o dejando que el tiempo pase ociosamente, les decimos que eso está lejos de la realidad.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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Reference: IATE

English

i would be whistling and twiddling my thumbs … this is nuts considering the wisdom you have to offer.

Spanish

yo estaría silbando y haciendo girar mis pulgares... esto es una locura teniendo en cuenta la sabiduría que tienen para ofrecer.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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English

there is so much to do . long have you sat around twiddling your thumbs awaiting your knowing to be put into action.

Spanish

hay mucho que hacer. mucho tiempo han estado sentados moviendo sus dedos esperando que su conocimiento sea puesto en acción.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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English

adam-schwaetzer. — (de) the community has by no means been twiddling its thumbs.

Spanish

finalmente, me parece meritoria la consideración a que se refiere el artículo 6 del dictamen del diputado si.

Last Update: 2014-02-06
Usage Frequency: 1
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English

for we are aware that many still feel they are wasting time … just twiddling their thumbs and feeling the need to be doing so much more .

Spanish

porque somos conscientes de que muchos aún sienten que están perdiendo el tiempo... sólo con los brazos cruzados y sintiendo la necesidad de estar haciendo mucho más.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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English

and although the commission did not have enough time to boost the egos of certain members who were twiddling their thumbs in their hotel, it is certainly not a tragedy.

Spanish

y no es ninguna tragedia el que la comisión no hubiera tenido suficiente tiempo para alimentar el ego de algunos diputados que se estuvieron rascando la barriga en el hotel.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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English

but quite often the reason you're left twiddling your thumbs is that someone who didn't arrive on time messed up the schedule.

Spanish

pero a menudo la razón por la que usted tiene que esperar es por que otro paciente llegó tarde y afectó el calendario.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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Reference: IATE

English

the greek side did not take into account what was obvious from the outset, namely that the european central bankand eu were not going to sit twiddling their thumbs when faced by a government of the radical left. Τhe biggest gun in their arsenal is liquidity and it was entirely logical and predictable that they would resort to it immediately.

Spanish

la bomba más potente que tienen en su arsenal es la de la liquidez y era totalmente lógico y predecible que recurrirían a ella de inmediato.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
Usage Frequency: 1
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English

the commission's work is, in essence, already done, but that does not mean that we can now sit idly twiddling our thumbs - i am not going to be out of a job for a long time yet.

Spanish

la labor de la comisión ha terminado en sus aspectos fundamentales, pero esto no significa que podamos cruzarnos de brazos: no voy a estar ocioso durante mucho tiempo.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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English

and if the budget line in question has been abolished, it is impossible for us to tolerate that and as a body with special responsibility for the budget we must bring it back, because it is unacceptable that fellow-humans should be suffering, afflicted by floods and natural disasters, while the community sits there twiddling its thumbs.

Spanish

en caso de que dicha línea se hubiera suprimido no podemos aceptarlo y debemos, como parlamento con competencia especial sobre el presupuesto, volver a recuperar dicha línea ya que es inaceptable que nuestros hermanos se vean afectados por inundaciones y otras catástrofes naturales y la comunidad se esté tomando manzanilla.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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Reference: IATE

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