单词 | talk to the hand |
释义 | > as lemmastalk (also tell it) to the hand q. Originally U.S. talk (also tell it) to the hand: used to express dismissive disregard of, or indifference to, what a person has said or is saying; (also) used to implore a person to stop speaking: ‘shut up’. Also more fully: talk (also tell it) to the hand because the face don't understand (also ain't listening, etc.).Typically uttered with a hand outstretched and the palm facing the person addressed. ΚΠ 1995 UNC-CH Campus Slang (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill) (typescript) Apr. 10 Talk to the hand, command to keep quiet. Usually accompanied by holding the hand in front of the other person's face. 1997 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 18 Aug. b8 This next phrase needs a rap beat and an open palm with a rolling hand motion up towards someone's face while saying: ‘Talk to the hand 'cause the face don't understand.’ 1998 New Yorker 20 July 28/3 Talk to the hand, 'cause the beard ain't listening. 2003 R. Williams Fallout 37 Joe You Cleveland bwois are wurtless and you know it. Dwayne Talk to the hand. 2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 14 Mar. 14 Tell it to the hand, the face ain't listening. < as lemmas |
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