When Mrs. Brown saw the mess the children were making in her living room, she threw up her hands in horror.
Everybody threw up their hands in horror at the destruction caused by the hurricane.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
throw up one's hands in horror — {v. phr.} To be horrified; feel alarmed; give up hope of straightening things out; be shocked by something terrible. * /When Mrs. Brown saw the mess the children were making in her living room, she threw up her hands in horror./ * /Everybody… … Dictionary of American idioms
throw up one's hands in horror — {v. phr.} To be horrified; feel alarmed; give up hope of straightening things out; be shocked by something terrible. * /When Mrs. Brown saw the mess the children were making in her living room, she threw up her hands in horror./ * /Everybody… … Dictionary of American idioms
throw up one's hands — verb see throw up * * * throw up one s hands To raise one s hands as an expression of exasperation, despair, horror, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑throw * * * raise both hands in the air as an indication of one s exasperation … Useful english dictionary
horror — See: THROW UP ONE S HANDS IN HORROR … Dictionary of American idioms
horror — See: THROW UP ONE S HANDS IN HORROR … Dictionary of American idioms
horror — See: throw up one s hands in horror … Словарь американских идиом
in horror — See: THROW UP ONE S HANDS IN HORROR … Dictionary of American idioms
in horror — See: THROW UP ONE S HANDS IN HORROR … Dictionary of American idioms
in\ horror — See: throw up one s hands in horror … Словарь американских идиом
hand — See: AT HAND, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE, CLEAN HANDS, DIRTY ONE S HANDS, EAT OUT OF ONE S HAND, FORCE ONE S HAND, FREE HAND, FROM HAND TO HAND, GLAD HAND, HAM HANDED, HANG HEAVY or HANG HEAVY ON ONE S … Dictionary of American idioms
