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Idioms: hands

We have seen that many idioms deal with various parts of our bodies.

"Hands" are no exception and very often alluded to in conversations.


Second hand	To have clean hands	To have hands tied

To know like the back of your hand	To change hands	To be at hand

To have one's hands full	"Hands down"	To give someone a hand

To get out of hand	= get out of control
To try your hand at + V-ing	= try to do for the first time
To be put in good hands	= in the care of
To take matters into your own hands	= to take care of things yourself
To give a big hand	= to applaud, to clap your hands
To wait on someone hand and foot	= to serve like a slave

To experience first hand	= to experience yourself
To wash one's hands of stg	= to refuse responsibility
To have a hand in	= to have a role in
To be with hat in hand	= humbly and respectfully
A show of hands	= approving raising your hand
To take matters into your own hands	= act on a problem yourself

A handwriting like chicken scratch

A show of hands

Cold hands, warm heart!

To bite the hand that feeds you

... with your bare hands

On the one hand... on the other hand...

To cup one's hands

To be like putty in your hand

To live from hand to mouth

An iron hand in a velvet glove

A Dead man's hand (poker) *
* /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_hand
= "Wild Bill" Hickok 's hand at poker *

To eat out of my hand

A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH...

I could "give you a hand", or even "hold your hand", but I'm quite sure you won't need it!

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