on the gripping hand Idiom, Proverb

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

a firm hand

a person who will discipline people The students in Grade 8 need a teacher with a firm hand.

a free hand

complete authority, freedom to control The President gave Ms. Drake a free hand in choosing the colors.

a handful

a child who is difficult to manage Jason is not easy to manage. He is a real handful for his mother.

a handout

free food or money, freeload I'm not asking for a handout. I'll pay you back when I find work.

a helping hand

help with a job or task, lend a hand May was always ready with a helping hand.

a hot hand

lucky in card games or at gambling Walter's got a hot hand tonight. He's won four games of poker.

an old hand at

a person with a lot of practice or experience Tom's an old hand at cribbage. He's played since he was a boy.

at hand

easy to reach, nearby I couldn't find any tools near at hand so I was unable to fix the stove.

at the hands of

while competing against, when fighting It was at the hands of his former student that he was defeated.

on the arresting hand

From a different, conflicting, or adverse point of view. The byword introduces a third account or angle that contrasts others that accept been mentioned "on one hand" and "on the added hand." It comes from Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's 1993 science-fiction atypical The Arresting Hand, which appearance three-armed aliens. (The third arm, "the arresting hand," is abnormally strong.) This accord could absolutely advice the business get out of debt. Though, on the added hand, you'd aloof be accountable to the government instead. And, on the arresting hand, you're activity to be ashore active this business that you don't love alike longer.Learn more: grip, hand, on

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at sixes and sevens at someone at stake at the crack of dawn at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour at the end of my rope/ at the end of my tether at the end of one at the hands of at the ripe old age at the top of her game at the top of his voice at the top of one at the wheel at this point in time at will at your beck and call on the factory floor on the fast lane on the fast track on the fence on the fence, be on the fence, to be/sit on the fiddle on the firing line on the flat on the flip side on the fly on the fringe on the fritz on the front burner on the front foot on the front line(s) of (something) on the gad on the game on the go on the go, to be on the gooch on the good side of on the good side of (someone) on the grapevine on the gravy train on the gripping hand on the ground on the heels of on the heels of (someone or something) on the high seas on the high-road to Needham on the hip on the home front on the home straight on the home straight/stretch on the home stretch on the hoof on the hook on the hook for on the hop on the horizon on the horn on the horns of a dilemma on the horse on the hot seat on the hour on the hour/half-hour on the house on the huh on the hush on the hush-hush