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- throw up one's hands
throw up one's hands
throw up one's hands
Indicate or express utter hopelessness. For example, Jim was getting nowhere so he threw up his hands and abandoned the argument. This idiom alludes to a traditional gesture for giving up.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Manasses | | - | Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
| AngÉLica | | ahn-GE-lee-kah (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Sadhbh | | SIEV (Irish) | Irish, Irish Mythology |
| Curt | | [kə:t] | |
| Matej | | - | Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian |
| Mcknight | | [mək'nait] | |