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Bananajapan Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Twist in his/her lap

I've seen the phrase "twist in his/her lap". But I didn't know how to visualize this phrase. Does this mean your lap twists??? But it sounds kind of painful...
What is the motion of "twisting in his/her lap"? What do you do actually when you twist in your lap?
  • Zellweger begis to rock her body back and forth in increasingly larger movements and responds to his comments with big, forced, barking laughs. Her fingers twist in her lap.
  • Ghiada abu Elaish's fingers twist in her lap and her eyes cloud over as she recalls the day an Israeli shell killed four of her cousins and left her in a coma for 22 days.
  • “Was the relationship a sexual one?”
    Caitlin’s hands twist in her lap. “Yes.”
    “Was the sex consensual?”
    Cat says nothing,
  

Top answer

If I understand this, the lap does not twist. It's the hands/fingers which twist. I don't believe it implies that the hands/fingers engage the lap in any way.

— Avangi

  • If I understand this, the lap does not twist.
  • It's the hands/fingers which twist.
  • I don't believe it implies that the hands/fingers engage the lap in any way.
  • People often sit with their hands "folded" in their laps, or with their fingers laced together.
  • When they become stressed, they may react by "nervously wringing their hands," as we say.
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If I understand this, the lap does not twist. It's the hands/fingers which twist.

I don't believe it implies that the hands/fingers engage the lap in any way.

People often sit with their hands "folded" in their laps, or with their fingers laced together.
When they become stressed, they may react by "nervously wringing their hands," as we say.

"Her hands twist in he
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