at the hands of

English

Alternative forms

• at the hand of

Preposition

at the hands of (someone)

1. By the actions of (someone).
   • 1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:

     By 1859, D. Morier Evans was exhibiting [George] Hudson as the principal character in his rogues' gallery entitled "Facts, Failures and Frauds"; and at the hands of modern economic historians he has been written down as a common swindler.

   • 2023 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea Champions League exit: Where do 'disjointed, broken' Blues go from here?”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     It also does not help that one of the main causes of Chelsea's current plight is the scattergun strategy and madcap transfer spree from their owners that has taken them to 11th in the Premier League and now out of the Champions League at the hands of the ruthless holders, who are always happy to apply brutal reality to any romantic notions.

Translations

by the actions of

• Arabic: تَحْتَ تَصَرُف (taḥta taṣaruf)

  Egyptian Arabic: تحت تصرف (taḥt taṣaruf)

• Armenian: կողմից (koġmicʻ), ձեռքով (hy) (jeṙkʻov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 經...之手／经...之手 (jīng ... zhī shǒu)

• Dutch: door toedoen van
• Finnish: toimesta (fi)
• French: aux mains de (fr)
• German: seitens (de), von Seiten, durch (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: da parte di, per mano di
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: ab (la), a (la)
• Polish: z rąk (+ genetive)
• Portuguese: pelas mãos de
• Russian: от рук (ot ruk) (+ genitive case)
• Spanish: en manos de
• Vietnamese: dưới bàn tay của, dưới tay của

See also

• at hand
• by one's own hand
• in hand