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A bird in the
hand
is worth two in the bush
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A
finger
of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat ( Cadbury's advertising slogan )
All fingers and
thumbs
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All
thumbs
( clumsy or physically inept )
At first
hand
Bite your
hand
off
Biting the
hand
that feeds IT ( The Register advertising slogan )
Bound
hand
and foot
Business at
hand
Cap in
hand
Cash in
hand
Caught with your
hand
in the cookie jar
Caught with your
hand
in the till
Check you on the
flip
side
Chick
flick
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Cock a snook
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Condemned out of
hand
Cool
Hand
Luke ( Paul Newman movie )
Dab
hand
at
Don't bite the
hand
that feeds you
Eat out of someone's
hand
Extend the
hand
of friendship
Fickle
finger
of fate
Finger
food
Finger
in many pies
Fish and
finger
pie ( Beatles song lyric )
Flick
your Bic ( Bic Lighters advertising slogan )
Flip
a bitch
Flip
out
Flip
side
Flip
someone the bird
Flip
the bird
Flip
your lid
Fold your
hand
Force his
hand
Free
hand
Get out of
hand
Get the upper
hand
Give a
hand
Go cap in
hand
Got to
hand
it to you
Hand
a line
Hand
in glove
Hand
in
hand
Hand
in your notice
Hand
it on a plate
Hand
it over
Hand
job
Hand
me down
Hand
me downs
Hand
over
Hand
over fist
Hand
picked
Hand
to mouth
Hand's turn
Hat in
hand
Have a
hand
in
Have it in
hand
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum ( line from nursery rhyme )
Heart to God,
hand
to man ( The Salvation Army advertising slogan )
Heavy Lunch ( Nickname of American football player Norman
Hand
)
Helping
hand
I Want To Hold Your
Hand
( Beatles song )
In the palm of your
hand
Keep your
finger
on the pulse
Keep your
hand
in
Know like the back of your
hand
Lay a
finger
on
Lend a
hand
on the land ( WWII slogan )
Lend a helping
hand
M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your
hand
( M&Ms chocolate advertising slogan )
Nobody better lay a
finger
on my Butterfinger! ( Nestle's Butterfinger advertising slogan )
Off
hand
On the one
hand
On the other
hand
One
hand
tied behind your back
One
hand
washes the other
Point the
finger
Pull your
finger
out
Put it on the long
finger
Put your
finger
on it
Put your
finger
on the button
Put your
hand
in your pocket
Put your
hand
to the plough
Raise your
hand
if you're sure ( Sure advertising slogan )
Right
hand
man
Royal flush ( in poker - a
hand
including a ten jack queen king and ace of the same suit )
Rule of thumb
Show your
hand
Skim
milk does not come from skinny cows ( Alba Dry Milk advertising slogan )
Skim
the surface
Sleight of
hand
Sticks out like a sore thumb
Strengthen your
hand
Take your
hand
in marriage
Talk to the
hand
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The answer is at
hand
The
hand
is quicker than the eye
The
hand
that rocks the cradle rules the world
The matter in
hand
The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your
hand
( M&M advertising slogan )
The moving
finger
writes
The moving
finger
writes; and, having writ, moves on ( from a poem by Fitzgerald )
The right
hand
doesn't know what the left
hand
is doing
Three
Finger
( Nickname of Mordecai Brown )
Thumb a ride
Thumb lashing
Thumb your nose
Thumbnail
sketch
Thumbs
down
Thumbs
up
Toss up (
flip
a coin to decide on something )
Try your
hand
Twist around your little
finger
Under My Thumb ( Rolling Stones song )
Under the thumb
Upper
hand
What we have here is a failure to communicate ( line from Cool
Hand
Luke )
Whip
hand
Who's
finger
do you want on the trigger?
Wrapped around your little
finger