with one's dick in one's hand

English

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Prepositional phrase

with one's dick in one's hand

1. (idiomatic, vulgar, informal) In a state of being unprepared, powerless, or idle; in any case, getting nothing done.

   They needed help and all he could do was stand there with his dick in his hand.

   There was plenty of work to be done but he was just standing around with his dick in his hand.

   • 2011, John Schlarbaum, When Angels Fail to Fly‎^[1], →ISBN:

     “If Jarvis or your stripper friend gets wasted or snorts some cocaine, any confessions are going to be thrown out and we'll be standing around with our dicks in our hands.”

   • 2014, Malcolm Kohll, chapter 78, in Good Hope, London: Thames River Press, →ISBN, page 406:

     'Second, if you guys had done your work we wouldn't be here now with our dicks in our hands waiting for the Goddamn world to end!'

   • 2014, Marcus Richardson, Apache Dawn, page 129:

     “We need to take action now! Now is not the time to be standing around with our dicks in our hands— ”

   • 1972, The Godfather, ‘’Sonny:’’ Hey, listen, I want somebody good - and I mean very good - to plant that gun. I don't want my brother coming out of that toilet with just his dick in his hands, alright?
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Synonyms

• (unprepared): with one's pants down

Related terms

• dick around