گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'back of one's hand'
برای اصلاح خطاهایی که در معانی است، کافی است بر روی آیکن
کلیک کنید. برای وارد کردن معانی جدید در انتها صفحه در قسمت
'معانی جدید'
معانی خود را وارد کرده و بر روی دکمه
'ارسال'
کلیک کنید
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general::
Rejection or contempt, as in Unimpressed with him, she gave the back of her hand to his suggestion. This phrase is usually the object of a verb such as give or show. [Second half of 1700s] Back of the hand similarly means "an insult" in the term back-handed compliment (see under LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT) but has a quite different meaning in know like the back of one's hand (see under KNOW LIKE A BOOK).
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