expression |
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ask for
someone's hand |
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(1) ask permission to
marry someone
(2) ask someone to marry you
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| at hand |
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nearby; close |
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| be hand in glove with |
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be very closely with;
be closely associated with
(also used with go and work)
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| be in good hands |
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be managed by someone
who is competent and
responsibile |
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| be in someone's hands |
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be someon's responsibility |
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| be / get out of hand |
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be / become out of control |
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can't lay one's
hands on |
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can't find |
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| change hands |
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change from one owner
to a different one |
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eat out of
someone's hand |
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(1) be quite tame and not
afraid of humans (used to
describe an animal)
(2) do whatever someone
wants (used to describe people)
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first-hand experience /
knowledge |
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something experienced or
known directly and personally |
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| from hand to hand |
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from one person to another |
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| give someone a hand |
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(1) help someone
(2) applaud (clap) for someone
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| have one's hands full |
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be completely occupied;
be as busy as it is possible to be |
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have a free hand
with something |
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have the liberty to manage
something in whatever way
seems best; manage something
without having to follow
another person's guidelines |
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| hand in hand |
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holding each other's hand |
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| lend (someone) a hand |
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help someone |
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lift one's hand
against someone |
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threaten or attack someone |
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not lift a hand
to help |
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do nothing to help |
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| off-hand |
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describes something which
is said or done without
prior thinking or planning |
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| on hand |
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available |
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play into someone
else's hands |
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be manipulated into doing
something whichis to another
person's advantage |
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| second-hand |
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previously owned by
someone else |
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take someone /
something in hand |
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take charge of someone
or something; manage
someone or something |
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wash one's hands
of something |
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refuse to take further
responsibility for something |
