hand (redirected from handing)

hand someone something

Fig. to tell someone something; to tell someone nonsense. Don't hand me that stuff! That's silly! She handed me a line about being a famous author.

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a bird in the hand a firm hand on the tiller a hand in a hand with a hand-me-down a helping hand a safe pair of hands all hands on deck an iron fist in a velvet glove an old hand at first hand at hand at the hands of be a dab hand be in hand be in hands be in safe hands be on hand be out of hands be putty in hands big hand bird in the hand is worth two in the bush bite the hand that feeds bite the hand that feeds one bound hand and foot by a show of hands by hand can count on the fingers of one hand can't find butt with both hands can't keep hands off can't see hand in front of face change hands close at hand Cold hands, warm heart come cap in hand could do with one arm tied behind back cup hands together devil finds work for idle hands to do die by own hand dirty hands eat out of hand fall into hands fall into the wrong hands firm hand first hand fold hands force hand free hand from hand to hand get hands dirty get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands get hands on get out of hand give a free hand give a hand give to on a plate give to on a platter glad hand go hand in hand hand hand around hand back hand down hand down from to hand in

hand in glove hand in hand Hand it over hand off hand on hand out hand over hand over fist hand over hand hand over the baton hand over the reins hand to hand up hands are tied hands down Hands off! Hands up! hat in hand have a hand in have at fingertips have blood on hands have clean hands have fingers in the till have hand in have hand in the till have hands full have hands tied have in hand have in hands have in the palm of hand have on hands have the upper hand have the whip hand have time on hands have to hand it to hold hand I have to hand it to in good hands in hand in the hands of in the palm of hand join hands keep hand in keep hands clean keep hands off keep hands to know like the back of hand know like the palm of hand lay a hand on leave in hands left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing lend a hand lend a hand with life is in hands lift a hand live from hand to mouth live hand to mouth Many hands make light work near at hand not lift a finger off hands old hand on hand on one hand on the one hand

on the one hand...on the other hand on the other hand One hand for oneself and one for the ship out of hand out of hands overplay hand pass in play into hands play into the hands of put hand in pocket put hand on heart put hand to the plow put hand up put hands on putty in hands raise hand against reject out of hand right-hand man rule with a rod of iron run fingers through hair second hand shake hand shake hands show hand show of hands sit on hands sit on its hands sleight of hand take a hand in take hands off take in hand take into own hands take life in hands take matters into own hands take off hands take the law into own hands the dead hand of The devil finds work for idle hands The hand that rocks the cradle The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing the matter in hand throw hands up throw hands up in horror throw in hand throw up hands tie hands Time hangs heavy on hands time on hands tip hand try hand try hand at turn hand to upper hand wait on hand and foot wandering hands wash hands of well in hand win hands down with bare hands with one hand tied behind back with own fair hands work hand in glove with wring hands