hand gallop
A slow and easy gallop, in which the horse is kept well in hand.
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hand in glove
Sworn friends; on most intimate terms; close companions, like glove and hand.
hand in one's dinner pail
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hand it to someone
give someone credit or recognition
hand off
To transfer responsibility or a task to someone else
hand over
To give or surrender something to someone
hand over fist
To gain or earn something very quickly and in large amounts
hand over hand
to move carefully and slowly
hand over hand
To go or to come up hand over hand, is to travel with great rapidity, as climbing a rope or a ladder, or as one vessel overtakes another. Sailors in hauling a rope put one hand over the other alternately as fast as they can. In French, Main sur main.
hand over head
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hand someone their cards
to dismiss or fire someone
hand someone their hat
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hand someone their head
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hand to God
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hand waving
Dismissing or ignoring something without proper consideration
hand-me-downs
Second-hand clothes. See REACH-ME-DOWNS.
hand-saw
Or CHIVE FENCER, a man who sells razors and knives in the streets.
handbags at dawn
a fierce and intense argument or confrontation
handbags at ten paces
A challenge or confrontation between two people, often in a dramatic or ritualistic manner
hander
A second, or assistant. At some schools blows on the hand administered with a cane are so called.
handicap
An arrangement by which, in any description of sport, every competitor in a race is supposed to have a chance of winning equal to the chances of his opponents. HANDICAPPING, in horse-racing signifies the adjudgment of various weights to horses differing in age, power, and speed, so as to place them as much as possible on an equality. At other sports this equalization is managed by means of starts.
handle
To know how to handle one's fists; to be skilful in the art of boxing. The cove flashes a rare handle to his physog; the fellow has a large nose.
handle
A nose; the title appended to a person’s name; also a term in boxing, "to HANDLE one’s fists," to use them against an adversary.
handle oneself
to behave or manage oneself in a situation
handle with kid gloves
Treat someone or something with great care and delicacy
handlebar
Xanax.
handling
A method of concealing certain cards in the palm of the hand, or in fashionable long wristbands; one of the many modes of cheating practised by sharpers.
hands down
without a doubt or competition
hands up
to surrender or admit defeat
handseller
Or CHEAP JACK, a street or open-air seller, a man who carries goods to his customers, instead of waiting for his customers to visit him.
handsome
He is a handsome-bodied man in the face; a jeering commendation of an ugly fellow. Handsome is that handsome does: a proverb frequently cited by ugly women.
handsome is as handsome does
A person's character is more important than their appearance
Handsome is that handsome does. (1670) (Strauss, 1994 p. 879)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
handsome reward
This, in advertisements, means a horse-whipping.
handwriting on the wall
A clear sign of impending doom or disaster
Handwriting on the Wall
An announcement of some coming calamity, or the imminent fulfilment of some doom. The allusion is to the handwriting on Belshazzar's palace wall announcing the loss of his kingdom (Dan. v).
hang a leg
to sit with one leg crossed over the other
hang a Louie
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hang a Ralph
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hang a uey
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hang an arse
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hang around
to stay or linger in a place
hang gallows look
A thievish, or villainous appearance.
hang heavy
to have a strong and unpleasant effect
hang in
to persevere or persist
hang in chains
A vile, desperate fellow. Persons guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after execution, hanged on a gibbet, to which they are fastened by iron bandages; the gibbet is commonly placed on or near the place where the crime was committed.
hang in the balance
To be in a state of uncertainty or undecided outcome
hang it up
Score it up: speaking of a reckoning.
hang low
to be or feel depressed
hang on
to wait or be patient for a short time
hang on every word
Listen very closely and attentively to what someone is saying
hang one's hat
to make a place one's home or headquarters
hang onto
to keep
hang out
spend time relaxing with someone
hang out one's shingle
To open or start a business or practice
hang out to dry
to abandon or leave someone in a difficult situation
hang over someone's head
To threaten or intimidate someone with a potential punishment or consequence
hang the moon
to do something extremely well or impressively
hang tight
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hang together
remain united and supportive