When Bill heard the bad news, he threw his hands up in horror.
•I could do no more. I had seen more than I could stand. I just threw up my hands in horror and screamed.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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
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\ 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 threw up… … Словарь американских идиом
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
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