{"id":71923,"date":"2019-08-31T05:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T05:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71923"},"modified":"2019-08-31T05:18:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T05:18:23","slug":"hand-idioms-idioms-derived-from-the-word-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/hand-idioms-idioms-derived-from-the-word-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand Idioms | Idioms Derived From The Word Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Idioms<\/strong> are common in all kinds of English, formal and informal, spoken and written. Here is a list of idioms derived from the word &#8216;hand&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have someone in the palm of your hand<\/strong> (If you have someone in the palm of your hand, you have absolute control over them.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has her boyfriend in the palm of her hand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Beat someone hands down\/ win something hands down<\/strong> (win easily)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whenever we play tennis, he beats me hands down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Someone\u2019s hands are tied<\/strong> (If your hands are tied, you are not free to behave in the way you like.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As a civil servant I would like to do something about the rampant corruption, but my hands are tied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Know something like the back of your hand<\/strong> (know something very well)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He knows the whole of Europe like the back of his hand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Work hand in glove with someone\/ go hand in glove<\/strong> (be in close association)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a well-known fact that physical fitness goes hand in glove with mental well-being.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Give\/lend a helping hand (assist or help)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is always willing to lend a helping hand to anybody in need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Give somebody a big hand<\/strong> (applaud somebody loudly and generously)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The audience gave the performers a big hand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fall into the hands of someone<\/strong> (be caught or captured by someone)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He fell into the hands of his enemies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idioms are common in all kinds of English, formal and informal, spoken and written. Here is a list of idioms derived from the word &#8216;hand&#8217;. Have someone in the palm of your hand (If&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[393,1039,1040],"class_list":["post-71923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-english-idioms","tag-hand-idioms","tag-idioms-with-hand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71924,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71923\/revisions\/71924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}