hang heavy

hang heavy
or[hang heavy on one's hands] {v. phr.} To pass slowly or uninterestingly; be boring with little to do. * /The vacation time hung heavy on Dick's hands because all his friends were away at camp./ Compare: ON ONE'S HANDS.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • hang\ heavy — • hang heavy (on one s hands) v. phr. To pass slowly or uninterestingly; be boring with little to do. The vacation time hung heavy on Dick s hands because all his friends were away at camp. Compare: on one s hands …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hang heavy — or[hang heavy on one s hands] {v. phr.} To pass slowly or uninterestingly; be boring with little to do. * /The vacation time hung heavy on Dick s hands because all his friends were away at camp./ Compare: ON ONE S HANDS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hang\ heavy\ on\ one's\ hands — • hang heavy (on one s hands) v. phr. To pass slowly or uninterestingly; be boring with little to do. The vacation time hung heavy on Dick s hands because all his friends were away at camp. Compare: on one s hands …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hang heavy — be conducted slowly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hang heavy — …   Useful english dictionary

  • heavy — [hev′ē] adj. heavier, heaviest [ME hevi < OE hefig (akin to OHG hebig) < base of hebban (see HEAVE) + ig (see Y3): prob. basic sense “containing something, full”] 1. hard to lift or move because of great weight; weighty 2. of high specific… …   English World dictionary

  • heavy — See: HANG HEAVY or HANG HEAVY ON ONE S HANDS, HOT AND HEAVY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • heavy — See: HANG HEAVY or HANG HEAVY ON ONE S HANDS, HOT AND HEAVY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • heavy — See: hang heavy or hang heavy on one s hands, hot and heavy …   Словарь американских идиом

  • heavy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weighty, heavyset (See gravity); oppressive, tedious, tiresome; dull, gloomy, overcast; strong, pressing, large; somber, dismal, dejected, sad, melancholy; slow, inert, sluggish; grievous, serious.… …   English dictionary for students

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