throw up your hands in horror/despair
Definition
› to show that you are shocked or that you disagree strongly with something: They threw up their hands in horror at his suggestion.Expressing and showing feelings
(Definition of throw up your hands in horror/despair from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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throw sth up phrasal verb (IDEA)
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throw sth up phrasal verb (JOB)
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throw sth/sb off phrasal verb
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throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
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throw the book at sb idiom
- throw up your hands in horror/despair idiom
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throw verb (ANGER)
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throw verb (CONFUSE)
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throw verb (MOVE QUICKLY)
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throw verb (PARTY)
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throw verb (SEND THROUGH AIR)
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- explode verb (EMOTION)
- flame verb (EMOTION)
- flush noun (RED COLOUR)
- flush noun (SUDDEN FEELING)
- lose it idiom
- marvel verb
- moved adjective
- overflow verb (EMOTIONS)
- pale verb
- pine verb
- pour sth out phrasal verb
- vocalize verb
- wail verb
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper verb
- wring your hands idiom
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