on all hands

on all hands

1. Everywhere; on all sides. Thanks to that bad storm, there are tree branches and other debris on all hands.
2. Unanimously. We reached that decision on all hands, so it's not going to be easy to convince us to change our minds.
See also: all, hand, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • branch out
  • split decision
  • debris field
  • originate in
  • originate in (some place or something)
  • bring (something) down on (one's) head
  • bring (something) down on (oneself)
  • bring down on
  • with one voice
  • with a single voice