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no dar un palo al agua

to do nothing

Idioms & Sayings

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Lleva semanas sin dar un palo al agua.

He hasn't lifted a finger in weeks.

—¿Ayudó con la mudanza? —No dio un palo al agua.

—Did he help with the move? —He did not lift a finger.

En ese trabajo, no daba un palo al agua.

At that job, he did not do a thing.