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51get one's hands dirty (or dirty one's hands) — do manual, menial, or other hard work. → dirty …
52throw up one's hands — verb see throw up * * * throw up one s hands To raise one s hands as an expression of exasperation, despair, horror, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑throw * * * raise both hands in the air as an indication of one s exasperation …
53sit on one's hands — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do nothing; fail or refuse to do anything. * /We asked Bill for help with our project, but he sat on his hands./ …
54sit on one's hands — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do nothing; fail or refuse to do anything. * /We asked Bill for help with our project, but he sat on his hands./ …
55hang\ heavy\ on\ one's\ hands — • hang heavy (on one s hands) v. phr. To pass slowly or uninterestingly; be boring with little to do. The vacation time hung heavy on Dick s hands because all his friends were away at camp. Compare: on one s hands …
56get one's hands dirty — ► get one s hands dirty (or dirty one s hands) do manual, menial, or other hard work. Main Entry: ↑dirty …
57throw up one's hands — ► throw up one s hands raise both hands in the air as an indication of one s exasperation. Main Entry: ↑throw …
58take one's life in one's hands — idi take one s life in one s hands, to risk death knowingly …
59take one's life in one's hands — ► take one s life in one s hands risk being killed. Main Entry: ↑life …
60have one's hands full — phrasal : to have in hand as much as or more than one can conveniently handle : be pressed with work, engagements, difficulties * * * have one s hands full To be preoccupied, very busy • • • Main Entry: ↑hand * * * have as much work as one can do …