A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

half way 
(go half way with someone)
hand 
(all hands and the cook; ask for
someone’s hand; ask someone for a
hand; at hand; at short hand; be a
good hand; be a steady hand; big
hand; change hands; clasp hands;
clasp one’s hands; close at hand;
come to hand; dead hand; dead
man’s hand; dirty one’s hands; do
something out of hand; fall into
someone’s hands; fold one’s hands;
from hand to hand; from hand to
mouth; get a hand for something;
get a hand with something; get out
of hand; give one’s hand to someone;
give someone a free hand; give some-
one a glad hand; give someone a
good hand; give someone a hand;
give someone one’s hand; hand in
hand; hand-to-hand; have a free
hand; have a hand for something;
have a hand in something; have a
heavy hand; have a light hand; have
a steady hand; have clean hands;
have good hands; have one’s hands
free; have one’s hands full; have one’s
hands tied behind one’s back; have
something in hand; have something
in one’s hands; have something on
one’s hands; heavy in hand; hold
one’s hand; hold someone’s hand;
hold something in hand; hold some-
thing in the hand; in hand; in short
hand; in someone’s hands; keep one’s
hands off; lay one’s hands on some-
thing; lay one’s hands to something;
left-hand; light in hand; light of
hand; long hand; not know what the
other hand is doing; off hand; off
one’s hands; on either hand; on every
hand; on hand; on one’s hands; out
of hand; out of one’s hands; overplay
one’s hand; pass from hand to hand;
play one’s hand for all it is worth;
put one’s hand on something; put
one’s hand to something; put one’s
hands on someone; put something in
hand; put something out of hand;
right-hand; short hand; show of
hands; show one’s hand; sleight of
hand; small hand; strong hand; take
a hand at something; take a hand in
something; take something in hand;
try one’s hand; under one’s hand;
with both hands; with both hands
tied behind one’s back; with one
hand tied behind one’s back; wring
one’s hands; wring someone’s hand)