have on (your) hands

have on (your) hands
have (someone/something) on (your) hands to be responsible for someone or something.

If the president doesn't take an interest in the economy, he could well have an economic disaster on his hands.

The coach was a little surprised to have this tall, talented athlete on her hands.

Related vocabulary: have blood on your hands

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • have time on hands — have time on (your) hands to have time when you have nothing to do. Now that her children are all at school, she has a lot of time on her hands …   New idioms dictionary

  • have blood on hands — have blood on (your) hands to be responsible for someone s death. The leaders of this war have the blood of many thousands of people on their hands …   New idioms dictionary

  • have your hands full — phrase to be extremely busy with a difficult job The police had their hands full with other problems. Thesaurus: to be busysynonym Main entry: hand * * * have your hands full see ↑hand, 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • have someone on (your) hands — have (someone/something) on (your) hands to be responsible for someone or something. If the president doesn t take an interest in the economy, he could well have an economic disaster on his hands. The coach was a little surprised to have this… …   New idioms dictionary

  • have something on (your) hands — have (someone/something) on (your) hands to be responsible for someone or something. If the president doesn t take an interest in the economy, he could well have an economic disaster on his hands. The coach was a little surprised to have this… …   New idioms dictionary

  • have (something) on (your) hands — if you have a difficult situation on your hands, you have to deal with it. If the police carry on like this, they ll have a riot on their hands before long. With four kids I suspect she s got enough on her hands …   New idioms dictionary

  • have time on your hands — phrase to have more time available than you need Thesaurus: to find, or to have enough time for somethingsynonym Main entry: hand * * * have time on your ˈhands | have time to ˈkill idiom ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • have your hands full — have (your) hands full to be so busy that you do not have time to do anything else. It s no use asking Alice for help, she s got her hands full looking after the kids. (often + doing something) Right now I ve got my hands full with preparations… …   New idioms dictionary

  • have time on your hands — have time on (your) hands to have time when you have nothing to do. Now that her children are all at school, she has a lot of time on her hands …   New idioms dictionary

  • have something on your hands — have someone/​something on your hands phrase to have a person or a problem that you must deal with It looks as though we’re going to have a lawsuit on our hands. Thesaurus: to try to deal with a problem or difficultysynonym Main entry: hand …   Useful english dictionary

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