on one's hands
English
Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) Being one's liability or responsibility; with which one is lumbered.
- 1986, Romain Gary, Ralph Manheim, The life before us
- When I started yelling, the other kids started yelling, so Madame Rosa had seven kids on her hands, all bellowing for their mothers […]
- 1990, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
- It is most curious to see that you have so much time on your hands that you are able to simply wander about this house bothering others […]
- 1986, Romain Gary, Ralph Manheim, The life before us
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