from hand to hand

From person to person, as of something passed between them by hand. The note went from hand to hand through the classroom but never reached its intended recipient—the teacher snatched it first.

from hand to hand

Fig. from one person to a series of other persons. The book traveled from hand to hand until it got back to its owner. By the time the baby had been passed from hand to hand, it was crying.

See also: hand

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

have (something) in hand
have in hand
have (something) well in hand
bet out
in hand
get a hand on (something)
a hand in
a hand in (something)
get out of hand
hand on

References in periodicals archive

Leavitt is author of many works of fiction, including The Lost Language of Cranes, and the coeditor with Mark Mitchell of several anthologies, including Pages Passed From Hand to Hand.

Maurice October 1971: David Leavitt measures the impact of E.M. Forster's passionate novel of gay love, published after his death. (Justifying our love)

anthology Pages Passed From Hand to Hand is to take a

These writings are still being passed from hand to hand.

Pages Passed From Hand to Hand: The Hidden Tradition of Homosexual Literature in English From 1748 to 1914

词组	from hand to hand
释义	from hand to hand from hand to hand From person to person, as of something passed between them by hand. The note went from hand to hand through the classroom but never reached its intended recipient—the teacher snatched it first. See also: hand Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. from hand to hand Fig. from one person to a series of other persons. The book traveled from hand to hand until it got back to its owner. By the time the baby had been passed from hand to hand, it was crying. See also: hand McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: have (something) in hand have in hand have (something) well in hand bet out in hand get a hand on (something) a hand in a hand in (something) get out of hand hand on References in periodicals archive Leavitt is author of many works of fiction, including The Lost Language of Cranes, and the coeditor with Mark Mitchell of several anthologies, including Pages Passed From Hand to Hand. Maurice October 1971: David Leavitt measures the impact of E.M. Forster's passionate novel of gay love, published after his death. (Justifying our love) anthology Pages Passed From Hand to Hand is to take a These writings are still being passed from hand to hand. Pages Passed From Hand to Hand: The Hidden Tradition of Homosexual Literature in English From 1748 to 1914
随便看	take the bench take the biscuit take the bit between (one's) teeth take the bit between the teeth take the bit between the teeth, to take the bit in (one's) mouth take the bit in one's mouth take the bit in (one's) teeth take the bit in teeth take the bitter with the sweet take the blame take the blame (for something) take the body take the bread out from people's mouths take the bread out of (one's) mouth take the bread out of people's mouths take the bread out of someone's mouth take the Browns to the Super Bowl take the brunt of (something) take the bull by its horns take the bull by the horns take the bull by the horns, to take the cake take the cake, to take the cash and let the credit go