throw hands up in horror



throw one's hands up in horror

Fig. to be shocked and horrified. When Bill heard the bad news, he threw his hands up in horror. I could do no more. I had seen more than I could stand. I just threw up my hands in horror and screamed.
See also: hand, horror, throw, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Erwann-Breton
Mas'ud-Arabic, Persian
Kristaps-Latvian
Hasan-Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian
Miro-Slovene, Croatian
Penn[pen]