If you've ever come home late and drunk; (especially after you have just lost the mortgage at the race track) your spouse will certainly meet you at the head of the driveway with "arms akimbo".
If, however, you are perusing your newly planted garden as the sun is setting, and you rest your knuckles on your hips; you are "standing akimbo".

In amateur theatre, many actors stand akimbo because they do not know what else to do with their arms.

It's all about attitude.

Last edited by R. Eastcourt; 11/02/2007 1:26 AM.