When we were all hurrying to get the house ready for company, Mary sat reading and wouldn't turn a hand.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
turn your hand to — to begin doing (something) usually in a skillful way : to start (a new activity, field of study, etc.) an actress who has turned her hand to directing After he left publishing, he turned his hand to law. • • • Main Entry: ↑hand … Useful english dictionary
turn a hand — {v. phr.} To do anything to help. Usually used in the negative. * /When we were all hurrying to get the house ready for company, Mary sat reading and wouldn t turn a hand./ Syn.: LIFT A FINGER … Dictionary of American idioms
turn a hand — {v. phr.} To do anything to help. Usually used in the negative. * /When we were all hurrying to get the house ready for company, Mary sat reading and wouldn t turn a hand./ Syn.: LIFT A FINGER … Dictionary of American idioms
turn (your) hand to (something) — if you say that someone could turn their hand to an activity or skill, you mean they could do it well although they have no experience of it. I m sure you could turn your hand to a bit of writing if you wanted. Stella s very talented. She could… … New idioms dictionary
turn your hand to something — phrase to start doing something new, especially something that involves skill The former model has now turned her hand to acting. Thesaurus: to start doing something new or differentsynonym Main entry: hand * * * turn your ˈhand to sth idiom … Useful english dictionary
turn a hand — phrasal see turn one s hand … New Collegiate Dictionary
turn a hand — phrasal see turn one s hand 2 … Useful english dictionary
turn your hand to something — to start doing something new, especially something that involves skill The former model has now turned her hand to acting … English dictionary
hand — hand1 W1S1 [hænd] n ↑finger, ↑fingernail, ↑thumb ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of body)¦ 2¦(help)¦ 3¦(control)¦ 4 get out of hand 5 on the other hand 6 hands off 7 in hand … Dictionary of contemporary English
hand — 1 noun PART OF THE BODY 1 (C) the part at the end of a person s arm, including the fingers and thumb, used to pick up or keep hold of things: He held the pencil in his right hand. | Go wash your hands. | hold hands: They kissed and held hands. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
