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on someone's hands1Used to indicate that someone is responsible for dealing with someone or something: he has a difficult job on his hands...- Make no mistake, the manager and his staff have still got a difficult job on their hands, and it's a very strict budget they will have to work to in the coming months.
- The analysts said Thomson had a very difficult job on his hands.
- Teachers in England, who have been instructed by MP David Blunkett to stop children using mobiles at school except for ‘essential’ calls, will have a job on their hands.
1.1Used to indicate that someone is to blame for something: he has my son’s blood on his hands...- The American media have blood on their hands.
- It was precisely the Shah's slamming of the opposition that prepared the grounds for the extreme reaction of the Islamic fundamentalists and people like yourself have blood on your hands for supporting the Shah.
- And then the cameras panned high up to the gallery where two young women were standing, one holding a ‘Blood on your hands ' banner.
2At someone’s disposal: since I retired I’ve had more time on my hands...- There are far too many hours of gameplay in Fable as it is, and the nearly infinite decision-dependent variations mean if you've got far too much time on your hands, you'll probably enjoy repeating the entire game over and over again.
- If you're just avidly curious with way too much time on your hands, check out the generations of good-bye notes, starting with the AOL acquisition of Netscape and continuing up to the present day.
- I mean, if you were banking 40 grand or more a week, and had a copious amount of free time on your hands, there are surely a million more imaginative ways to spend your time than mincing around celeb-studded night clubs in your Gucci threads!
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