Epressions that spring from a hand
The expression" to come hat in hand " means to beg . You ask for something you cannot cl aim as your own. It is a handout. You ask for it as an act of charity. It is something which proud independent people will now do if they can help it. There are some people, on the other hand, who will make you beg even for something that is rightfully yours . Such people who give " with a glad and willing hand ". This is an old saying to describe such a person. He or she does not let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. This person gives freely without thinking about it too much. The expression " hand over fist " means quickly . People who are making money hand over first are getting rich so fast that they cannot believe it themselves. This expression comes from the sea. Sailors climbed the rop es or raised the boat sails by quickly putting one hand on top of the other. Generally, anything you pulled toward you was down hand by hand. Then one of the h