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- can't see hand in front of face
can't see hand in front of face
can't see one's hand in front of one's face
Fig. [to be] unable to see very far, usually due to darkness or fog. (Also with cannot.) It was so dark that I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. Bob said that the fog was so thick he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Fatimah | | fah-TIM-ah (Arabic) | Arabic, Malay, Indonesian |
GÜLİStan | | - | Turkish |
Jaromir | | yah-RAW-meer | Polish |
Ural | | - | Bashkir |
Constant | | kawn-STAWN (French), KAHN-stənt (English) | French, English (Rare) |
Josepha | | yo-ZE-fah (German) | German (Archaic), English (Rare) |