汉译英难点解析:闲得无聊twiddle one’s thumbs

闲得无聊twiddle one’s thumbs

这些娘们儿都闲得无聊,不是坐在那里说长道短，就是三五成群的谈论别人家的“丑闻”

These “old girls”network are twiddling their thumbs , sitting there either gossiping or forming into groups talking about other families’ “skeletons”