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time on one's hands

Idioms  

  1. An interval with nothing to do; see under on one's hands; time hangs heavy.

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It has nothing to do with being idle, or having time on one's hands, although it does involve a certain sense of free space about one, as we shall see anon.

From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Lee, Vernon

I am afraid that it is rather short, but one has very little time on one's hands in the trenches, I find.

From Letters from France by Mack, Isaac Alexander

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