not lift a hand to help
not lift a hand to help
To not do anything at all to help or assist (someone), usually due to refusal or unwillingness. (The would-be recipient can be named after "help.") I am not lifting a hand to help until you kids start doing your fair share of the housework. The government has made it clear that it won't lift a hand to help us with the conflict in the region. He hasn't lifted a hand to help me since he got here.
See also: hand, help, lift, not
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- help a lame dog over a stile
- helping
- lame
- assist
- help (someone) on with (something)
- help on with
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw
- clutch
- drown
- lend a hand to (one)