Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• They're both grammatically correct. It's just that stand idly by is a bit of a set phrase, or a phrase that's been repeated so often that it's bordering on a chiche.
• “Do not stand idly by while your neighbor's blood is shed.” Leviticus 19:16. This campaign, launched by the faith leaders and citizens who make up the Metro ...
• to remain close, doing nothing to help. I do not intend to stand idly by while my children need my help. The wealthy man sat idly by while the poor people starved ...
• a. Not employed or busy: idle carpenters. See Synonyms at inactive. b. Disinclined to work or be active; lazy: "a man who could seem idle, ignorant, even  ...

• This is the British English definition of stand / sit idly by. ... Definition and synonyms of stand / sit idly by from the online English dictionary from Macmillan ...
• sit idly by. and stand idly by. to remain close, doing nothing to help. I do not intend to stand idly by while my children need my help. The wealthy man sat idly by ...
• sit idly by. and stand idly by. to remain close, doing nothing to help. I do not intend to stand idly by while my children need my help. The wealthy man sat idly by ...
• to stand or sit idly by ? estarse de brazos cruzados · Collins Spanish Dictionary
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