Talk:hand

hands-on

there is no explanation for the expression hands-on, as in "A hands-on reference guide". Fredmaranhao 00:57, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This belongs in a separate page. — Paul G 11:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Clean-up

Needs some SERIOUS work doing to it, not least of which is checking and tabulating the translations and moving the definitions for the related terms to separate pages. — Paul G 11:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Do we really need the whole long list of Webster definitions? — This unsigned comment was added by 81.15.146.91 (talk) at 10:31, 2 October 2005 (UTC).

Quotes

Please see Wiktionary:Quotations for the current quotation format. This article contains several incomplete quote citations. Rklawton 01:53, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Someone's agency.

Hand is described as an agent, but that's different from someone's agency, isn't it? "It was the hand of God" is different from "It had her hand all over it"?

92.24.142.3 08:29, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=hand&allowed_in_frame=0 — This unsigned comment was added by 2600:8801:0:23ee:add2:91c:fa7e:3438 (talk) at 20:34, 26 May 2016 (UTC).

hand-paint, hand-rear, hand-raise, etc.

Should these have entries? They always mean "do (verb) by hand". Equinox ◑ 23:29, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

at every hand

surrounded by enemies at every hand
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

at every corner --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:34, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

= on all hands. Equinox ◑ 19:41, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@Equinox: is at every hand idiomatic? --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:55, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

overplay one's hand

What meaning of hand is used in overplay one's hand? --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:19, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Derived from the meaning of the cards one holds in one's hand in a game of cards. Koro Neil (talk) 03:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

on hands and knees

2. In a show of supplication, submission, or humility.
I had to go back on my hands and knees and beg for my old job back.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on+hands+and+knees

--Backinstadiums (talk) 10:30, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

RFV discussion: March 2023

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hand

This is entered as a verb, but the definition is for a noun: (slang) A person's mouth. DonnanZ (talk) 14:39, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Hmm? You added this yourself. Was it a mistake? You added the same sense earlier to paper. I think you just made a silly mistake. —Soap— 17:52, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Ah. It was a pasting error, I must have picked it up when copying and pasting from trap, trap as a person's mouth is immediately below the sense I added a quote to; paper is rectified, and I will fix hand (with a red face). Thanks. DonnanZ (talk) 18:28, 18 March 2023 (UTC)