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