Wrist Phrases

Phrases

• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• A slap on the wrist
• Ankle biter
• Ankle deep
• Arm candy
• Arm in arm
• As long as your arm
• 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
• Chance your arm
• Come to the Central Park Zoo Cafeteria. Let the animals watch you eat for a change (Central Park Zoo advertising slogan)
• Condemned out of hand
• Cool Hand Luke (Paul Newman movie)
• Cost an arm and a leg
• Dab hand at
• Don't bite the hand that feeds you
• Eat out of someone's hand
• Extend the hand of friendship
• Fold your hand
• Force his hand
• Free hand
• Get out of hand
• Get the upper hand
• Give a hand
• Give one's right arm for
• 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
• Hate watch (viewing a television programme in order to mock it)
• Have a hand in
• Have it in hand
• 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
• It's what your right arm's for (Courage Beer advertising slogan)
• Just watch
• Keep watch
• Keep your hand in
• Know like the back of your hand
• Laser Rocket Arm (Nickname of Peyton Manning)

• Lend a hand on the land (WWII slogan)
• Lend a helping hand
• Limp wristed
• M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hand (M&Ms chocolate advertising slogan)
• Night Watch (Terry Pratchett book)
• Not on my watch
• Off hand
• Off the cuff
• On the one hand
• On the other hand
• One hand tied behind your back
• One hand washes the other
• One off the wrist
• Pay an arm and a leg
• 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)
• See that girl, watch that scene (ABBA lyric)
• Shot in the arm
• Show your hand
• Sleight of hand
• Smack on the wrist
• Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
• Strengthen your hand
• Strong in the arm and thick in the head
• Take your hand in marriage
• Talk to the hand
• The Black Watch (Nickname of The Royal Highland Regiment)
• The Man With The Golden Arm (Frank Sinatra movie)
• The answer is at hand
• The hand is quicker than the eye
• The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
• The long arm of the law
• The matter in hand
• The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hand (M&M advertising slogan)
• The one to watch (Channel 7 Australia advertising slogan)
• The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing
• Try your hand
• Twist your arm
• Upper hand
• Watch and learn
• Watch my chops
• Watch my smoke
• Watch out
• Watch out there's a Humphrey about (Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan)
• Watch over
• Watch the birdy
• Watch the sparks fly
• Watch the time
• Watch the world go by
• Watch this space
• Watch you like a hawk
• Watch your back
• Watch your language
• Watch your mouth
• Watch your step
• What we have here is a failure to communicate (line from Cool Hand Luke)
• Whip hand
• White man's watch
• Yorkshire born in Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head
• You watch, we listen (British Satellite Broadcasting advertising slogan)