do nothing

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
do nothing vtr + pron	(fail to act) (coloquial)	quedarse de brazos cruzados loc verb
	How can you sit there and do nothing while your son sits in jail?
	¿Cómo puedes quedarte de brazos cruzados cuando tu hijo está en la cárcel?
		no hacer nada loc verb
do nothing vtr + pron	(have no occupation) (no trabajar)	no hacer nada loc verb
	(AR, coloquial)	estar al pedo loc verb

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
do-nothing adj	informal (politics: no action)	sin iniciativas loc adj
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Esta es una clase política sin iniciativas y que enfrenta los problemas cuando ya es demasiado tarde.
		inerte adj
do-nothing n	informal (person: takes no action)	inoperante n común
		pasivo, pasiva nm, nf
	(AmL)	quedado, quedada nm, nf
	He has great ideas, but when it's time to act on them he's a do-nothing.
	Tiene grandes ideas, pero a la hora de llevarlas a cabo es un inoperante.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
have nothing to do v expr	(be idle)	no tener nada que hacer vtr + adv
	No tengo nada que hacer esta tarde, así que me voy a tumbar al sol.
	(Argentina, fam)	estar al pedo loc verb
	Es una alternativa divertida para esos días en que uno está al pedo y aburrido.
	(Argentina, fam)	hacer huevo loc verb
	Como no fui a trabajar, hice huevo toda la tarde.
be nothing to do with [sb], have nothing to do with [sth] v expr	(not concern [sb])	no tener nada que ver con loc verb
	Stop listening in to our conversation; this is nothing to do with you.
	Deja de escuchar nuestra conversación, esto no tiene nada que ver con vos.
be nothing to do with [sth/sb], have nothing to do with [sth/sb] v expr	(be unrelated)	no tener nada que ver con loc verb
		no tener relación con loc verb
	You would think that volcanoes have nothing to do with the weather, but they do.
	My bad mood today has nothing to do with the weather.
	Pensarías que los volcanes no tienen nada que ver con el clima, pero tienen mucho que ver.
have nothing to do with [sth] v expr	(not get involved)	no tener nada que ver con loc verb + prep
		no involucrarse en loc verb + prep
	I'll have nothing to do with your plan to steal gold from Fort Knox.
	No tendré nada que ver con tu plan de robar oro de Fort Knox.
have nothing to do with [sb] v expr	(not associate with)	no tener nada que ver con loc verb + prep
		no tener relación con loc verb
	I've had nothing to do with my ex-husband since our divorce.
	No tengo nada que ver con mi exmarido desde el divorcio.

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'do nothing' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

can but - do no wrong - idle - loaf - poop out - procrastinate - sit - sit back - sit by - sloth - stand around - veg

Spanish:

quedarse piola - vagar - no hacer más que - no hacer nada más que - perro - quedarse de brazos cruzados

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Forum discussions with the word(s) "do nothing" in the title:

Ain't letting nobody do nothing
Ain't nothing to it but to do it
ain't nothing you can do about that - grammar
Ain’t nothing you can do with fish that can’t do with no elk
But there is nothing else I'd rather do - grammar
can't do nothing (double negative) - grammar
Decide- his friends have decided he can do nothing
Do not want to have nothing to do with you
do nothing
do nothing - grammar
do nothing for
do with nothing
do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the .... - legal
do-nothing + worthless + scum-sucking + money-hungry +...
Do-nothing Marketing
Evil prevails when good men do nothing
for -- nothing we can do - grammar
had nothing to do with the ordinary human life, either incarnate or discarnate
has nothing to do with
Have nothing to do with - grammar
Have something/nothing/some/a bit to do with... - grammar
he could do nothing but give the horse its head.
I can think of nothing better/what better thing to do than..
I did not do nothing
I do hope nothing went awry?
I feel unable to do nothing productive
I had nothing to do but...
I have enough to do search for nothing
I have nothing else to eat/things to do - grammar
I have nothing to do there - grammar
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