secondhand

Related to secondhand: secondhand smoke

at second hand

Not from the original source. Are you sure that Susie and Bill are selling their house? I mean, you only heard that at second hand from Anita.
See also: hand, second

secondhand

1. adverb Indirectly, as opposed to from the original source. But I heard secondhand, so who knows if that information is actually true.
2. adjective Describing information that has been learned indirectly, as opposed to from the original source. I can't trust this secondhand gossip! Who was in the meeting and can tell us what really happened?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

at second hand

Received from some source other than the original. For example, I learned of Mary's divorce at second hand. This phrase may be applied to information or to previously owned merchandise. [1400s] Also see at first hand.
See also: hand, second
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

at second hand

by hearsay rather than direct observation or experience.
See also: hand, second
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • at second hand
  • doesn't hold a candle (to someone or something)
  • (straight) from the horse's mouth
  • as sober as a judge
  • sober
  • sober as a judge
  • (as) sober as a judge
  • be (as) sober as a judge
  • off (one's) own bat
  • off your own bat
References in periodicals archive
Researchers focused on middle school and high school students, and their exposure to secondhand smoke from tobacco products and secondhand vapor from e-cigarettes.
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* Adopt rules addressing secondhand marijuana smoke as may be appropriate.
caused by the toxins found in secondhand smoke and the high exposure
From 1988-1991 to 2013-2014, the prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure declined 71.2% among U.S.
In a recent study, researchers found that 40% of all pregnant women in Pakistan are exposed to secondhand smoke - causing approximately 17,000 stillbirths in a year.
* Secondhand smoke causes nearly 34,000 early deaths from coronary heart disease each year in the United States among nonsmokers.
Springer, who was already researching the health effects of secondhand tobacco smoke on rats, decided to run the same tests using marijuana as more and more states are easing up on cannabis laws. 
Based on the 2015 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Philippines, secondhand smoke exposure was highly prevalent at 86 percent in public places, particularly in bars and nightclubs.
The program aims to provide clinicians with the messages, tools and counseling protocols needed to screen for exposure to secondhand smoke and to help them prepare to speak with parents and families about the importance of reducing tobacco use.
According to a survey, many buyers, including men and women, while purchasing various secondhand warm clothes at Old Anarkali, Dehli Gate, Ichhra, Main Lunda Bazaar, Empress Road and its adjoining areas, said the prices were continously increasing which were higher than the last year.
WITH so many Scots struggling to make ends meet on a day-to-day basis, you would think the secondhand market would be thriving.
To make sure that your children are safe from the dangers of secondhand smoke, don't smoke indoors, take it right outside when you have a cigarette.
Secondhand vehicle sales in Japan skidded 4.3 percent in September from a year before to 293,040 units, the fifth consecutive monthly fall, an industry body said Thursday.
ALMOST 3,000 Warwickshire children visited their doctor in the last year suffering from the serious effects of breathing in secondhand smoke.