What I'm likely to do is just spin my wheels.
Another 13 percent do so after a much longer period of spinning their wheels.
The only move they can make is that of spinning wheels.
"Are they spinning their wheels or is it just a matter of time?"
It was clear that they were spinning their wheels here.
The rules of the language, if I gave them all to you - you'd spin your wheels.
"Who would like the honor of spinning the wheel today?"
Other thing is, when you're on a ship you aren't just spinning your wheels.
Let him spin his wheels trying to find someone who never existed.
You use a handle to push down to spin the wheel.
Idiome