KNOWING OUR BODY - I
Very Good Evening, friends.
Today I'm going to start a new series on ... you can very well guess that; so, I better hold myself back from beating around the bush.
I hope you will find my effort useful.
HAND
AT HAND
· ** I haven’t got the books at hand, but I can get them for you by this afternoon.
BE HAND IN GLOVE (WITH SOMEONE) = To be very closely associated with someone.
· ** Apparently, the British and American secret services were hand in glove on the latest espionage case.
HAND DOWN = To pass on from one generation to the next
· ** These customs have been handed down from father to son since the Middle Ages.
HAND IN = To give or bring to a person, place etc.
· ** The teacher told the children to hand in their exercise-books.
HAND OVER FIST = In large amounts, usually quickly
· **Share prices were dropping and Swapan found himself losing money hand over fist.
KEEP ONE'S HAND IN = To remain good or skilful at doing something by doing it occasionally
· ** I still sometimes play the game of chess, just to keep my hand in.
OFF ONE'S HANDS = No longer needing to be looked after etc.
· ** You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.
TO HAND = Here; easily reached, in one’s possession at the moment.
· **All the tools you need are to hand.
CAP IN HAND = Humble
· **He had a strong disagreement with his Boss, but next morning, he went back cap in hand and apologized
A DAB HAND (IN SOMETHING) = Clever/skillful/experienced person
· **Babu is quite a dab hand at repairing electrical things. Let him have a look at your UPS.
PUT ONE’S HAND TO THE PLOUGH = Work hard with great effort
· ** When Vijay inherited his father’s business he did very little work for the first six months. But as soon as he put his hand to the plough, he made a big success of it.
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