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hands downWithout question.Rate it:

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get one's hands dirtyto get involved with the unpleasant parts, or the lowest levels, of a task.Rate it:

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with both handsUsed other than as an idiom: see with, both, hands.Rate it:

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change handsTo become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.Rate it:

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dishpan handsHands which are rough, reddish, and dry, as from irritation and chafing caused by immersion in hot water mixed with detergent.Rate it:

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extra pair of handsThe assistance of another person.Rate it:

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get into the wrong handsTo fall into the wrong hands.Rate it:

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get one's hands onTo get; to obtain; to secure.Rate it:

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Hands are TiedNot able to help or assist; stay away from doing what you are willing to do; helpless to do somethingRate it:

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hands upPut your hands up (if you wish to participate).Rate it:

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hands upSurrender (by raising your hands)!Rate it:

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have blood on one's handsTo be responsible for a violent act.Rate it:

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have one's hands fullTo be busy or thoroughly preoccupied.Rate it:

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i'd rather shit in my hands, then clap!When you really don't want to do something, you'd rather shit in your hands, then clap the poo, than performing a given task!Rate it:

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in safe handsIn the possession of, or protected by, someone who can be trusted.Rate it:

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lay hands onTo find, obtain or procure.Rate it:

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many hands make light workA large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.Rate it:

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on one's handsBeing one's liability or responsibility; with which one is lumbered.Rate it:

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out of one’s handsNo longer responsible for or in one’s power to controlRate it:

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play into someone's handsTo act, or to manage matters, to someone's advantage or benefit.Rate it:

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put one's hands togetherTo clap; to applaud.Rate it:

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put your hands togetherClap; applaud.Rate it:

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putty in someone's handsOne who is readily manipulated or controlled by another person.Rate it:

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rub one's hands togetherTo eagerly anticipate an activity.Rate it:

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shake handsTo grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.Rate it:

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shake hands with the unemployedTo masturbate.Rate it:

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sit on one's handsOr situation.Rate it:

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take matters into one's own handsTo deal with a problem alone, because others responsible have failed to deal with it.Rate it:

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take the law into one's own handsTo punish someone according to one's own idea of justice and without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.Rate it:

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tie someone's handsTo render one powerless to act, to thwart someone.Rate it:

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wash one's handsto go to the toiletRate it:

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wash one's handsto wash one's hands ofRate it:

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wash one's hands ofTo absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for.Rate it:

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Wash Your Hands of SomethingStop being involved in something, to end involvement with someone or something, stop being responsible for something, disownRate it:

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with both handsWillingly; readily.Rate it:

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with one's bare handsbarehandedlyRate it:

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à la cour du roi chacun pour soiEvery man for himself and the devil take the hindmost. Rate it:

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build castles in the airTo imagine visionary projects or schemes; to daydream; to have an idle fancy, a pipe dream or any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be realized.Rate it:

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i'm a lone wolfA meek and humble warrior who hunts down the enemy, and at his own peril by not drawing the sword from it's sheath. This allows opportunity for the enemy to relent "both hands up." But once the sword is drawn from it's sheath, probation is over and swift judgement is at hand.Rate it:

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je suis entre l'enclume et le marteauI am in a dilemma; I am between the devil and the deep sea.Rate it:

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if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailWith limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminatelyIf a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.Rate it:

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throw upTo display a gang sign using the hands.Rate it:

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waft offTo shoo by wafting with the hands.Rate it:

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hand in handHolding or clasping hands.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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fiddle while Rome burnsTo neglect helping when one's time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.Rate it:

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goof offTo dawdle; to engage in idle activity or inactivity.Rate it:

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tackle the jobDetermine tools and manpower needed, Move on site, Begin and complete necessary demolition, Launch make-ready tasks in order for all trades to move on site and begin the new construction.Rate it:

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there but for the grace of god go iA recognition that others' misfortune could be one's own, if it weren't for the blessing/kindness/luck bestowed by fate or the Divine.Man's fate is in God's hands.More generally, our fate is not entirely in our own hands.Rate it:

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בין הפטיש והסדןcaught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard placeRate it:

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