10 Expressões em Inglês com a palavra HAND

1. Firsthand com o sentido de “em primeira mão”.Ex: Most of us have firthand experience of teaching.

 

2. Beforehand com o sentido de “de antemão”, “antecipadamente”.

Ex: She came one hour beforehand.

 

3. Get out of hand com o sentido de “sair do controle”.

Ex: In my first year at college my drinking got a bit out of hand.

 

4. Change hands com o sentido de “mudar de dono”.

Ex: That Italian restaurant is nowhere near as good as since it changed hands.

 

5. Try your hand at com o sentido de “experimentar”, “dar chance a uma experiência nova”.

Ex: I’ve never taken a cooking class, but I’d like to try my hand at it.

 

6. Hands down com o sentido de “sem sombra de dúvidas”, “inquestionavelmente”.

Ex: Sarah was hand-down the best skater at the competition.

 

7. Hand-me-down com o sentido de roupas que são passadas de irmãos mais velhos aos mais novos.

Ex: My mother never bought me new clothes – she just gave me hand-me-downs from my sister.

 

8. On the one hand….on the other hand…. com o sentido de “por um lado….por outro lado”.

Ex: On the one hand, my job pays well, but on the other hand, it’s very stressful.

 

9. Second hand com o sentido de advindo de uma segunda pessoa ou outra fonte.

Ex: I wasn’t at the party – I onliny heard about it second hand.

 

10.Give a hand ou lend a hand com o sentido de “dar uma mãozinha”.

Ex: I can’t carry all these books myself. Could you give me a hand?