MORE HAND EXPRESSIONS-2
28 / 09 / 2010
MORE HAND EXPRESSIONS-2: meaning and examples
Good morning.
Today we continue our look at English expressions that use the word hand in them.
Today's expression is: out of hand
Meaning: difficult or impossible to control.
Example 1:
Unemployment is getting out of hand. This crisis is getting worse and worse every day.
Example 2:
Hey! You kids stop making all that noise! You are completely out of hand!
ALTERNATIVE MEANING: If you reject something out of hand, you do so immediately without thinking about it fully or without listening to other people's arguments.
Example 3:
All of our ideas were dismissed out of hand. They had no interest in listening to our opinion.
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