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单词 not (or never) do a hand's turn
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not (or never) do a hand's turn

informal Do no work at all: they sit there without doing a hand’s turn...
  • Jaysus, him and Ethel didn't do nawthin but lay about all day and ate the grub that Norman worked so hard tee pay for and bejaysus they never did a hand's turn round the place.
  • Captain Hagberd, for instance, outlines to Bessie the duties of a good wife: ‘when a husband gets back from his work he needs a lot of water for a wash, not that [a beloved husband should] ever need to do a hand's turn after he comes home ’.
  • In the house I'm not let do a hand's turn for myself: somebody else must do it and touch me for it.
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