not do a hand's turn
not do a hand's turn
To do no amount of work. You haven't done a hand's turn since you moved in, so it's your job to clean the whole house this weekend! We won't do a hand's turn until we're given a pay raise.
See also: not, turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
not do a hand’s ˈturn
(old-fashioned) do no work: She hasn’t done a hand’s turn all week.See also: not, turn
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- a hand's turn
- you could eat off the floor(s)
- (as) clean as a hound's tooth
- clean as a hound's tooth
- clean out of
- clean (someone or something) out of (something)
- all spruced up
- clean-up operation
- operation
- make a clean breast of something, to