fling up (one's) arms in (some emotion)
fling up (one's) arms 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 up her arms in exhaustion and shook her head. I can't hear what they're saying, but it looks like Dad just flung up his arms in anger, so that's not a good sign.
See also: arm, fling, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- fling (one's) arms up in (some emotion)
- fling up (one's) arms
- flung
- fling (one's) arms up
- bear arms
- fling
- stretch out
- spring to attention
- a blot on escutcheon
- a blot on your escutcheon