fling (one's) arms up in (some emotion)
fling (one's) arms up in (some emotion)
To toss or jerk one's arms upward to convey some emotion. As the kids ran around the room shrieking, Mom just flung her arms up in exhaustion and shook her head. I can't hear what they're saying, but it looks like Dad just flung his arms up in anger, so that's not a good sign.
See also: arm, fling, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- fling up (one's) arms in (some emotion)
- flung
- fling (one's) arms up
- fling up (one's) arms
- bear arms
- fling
- stretch out
- spring to attention
- a blot on escutcheon
- a blot on the escutcheon