Interesting phrases part 80 "Give someone a hand" I know thing from the Addams Family was...

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"Give someone a hand" I know thing from the Addams Family was pretty useful but that might be a one of a kind, so unless the person needs a paper weight or doorstop I don't see how just a hand is very helpful.

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ArtieKat · M

How would you interpret "giving someone a leg-up", Shannon?

shannonredtail · 31-35, F

@ArtieKat I hope no one needs nothing off the top of the table. But a leg up is decidedly better than toes up

ArtieKat · M

@shannonredtail Can we chat privately some time?

ArishMell · 70-79, M

It might have been used in The Addams Family but that's not its origin. It's an old and very common phrase, meaning to help someone with some task or other.

It might be maritime originally - the crew of ships having been known as "the hands" for centuries.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

Giving someone a hand is also a way of asking people to applaud.. Sometimes asking the audience to "give them the clap they so richly deserve."🙂

jefferson

it means help them out, see someone tryingto load a car with a heavy box, offer to help[ them

SUPERVlXEN · F

I could use a hand, just not any hand.

CreyvinMoorhead · 36-40, M

help someone in an action or enterprise.

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