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Time on Your Hands


The phrase 'Time on Your Hands' refers to a period when you have nothing you must do.

Example of Use:  "These kids have too much time on their hands."


Interesting fact about Time on Your Hands

The origin of the idiom 'time on your hands' isn’t known; what scholars do know, though, is that this saying is an old one. The earliest printed example available is from Charles Lamb’s 1833 Last Essay of Elia: “It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage.