Übersetzung für "Hände in den schoß legen" in Englisch

However, there is no room for complacency.

Should we, for that reason, stand there with our arms folded and do nothing?

There is no room for complacency.

But this is not a time to relax.

So we... We can't sit around holding hands with all that going on.

But we cannot be complacent.

This means that we cannot be complacent.

I can't just sit on my hands.

So sometimes, our only option is just to sit back and not rock the boat.

We cannot simply wash our hands of it now.

Keep your hands in your lap.

That does not mean we are inactive.

First of all — not to be idle.

We cannot afford the luxury of sitting here just twiddling our thumbs.

It is not good enough for us to wring our hands and declare we are sorry.

That does not mean, however, that we can rest on our laurels.

However, North Brabant does not take this as a reason for losing hope.

But this doesn’t mean hiding away or sitting on your hands.

If the committee cannot meet I do not think that we should sit on our hands and let those people wait for things that are crucially important to the survival of the Bulgarian state just because of that.

We will have what someone has already called a two-way agreement, but this does not mean that we can afford to be complacent.

Are we, European Parliamentarians, going to sit there with our arms folded and watch the bombardment of standardised television series made for international audiences which are killing the originality and the identity and the individuality in the hearts and minds of these young people?

I should like to say, in fact, that facing this new situation, it would be very hypocritical for us to stand by and hope that problems of this type and with such impact can be dealt with by national legislation.