wring your hands
Definition
› If you wring your hands, you show that you are worried or unhappy: Car dealers are wringing their hands over low sales this summer.Expressing and showing feelings
(Definition of wring your hands from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- blush verb
- bubble over phrasal verb
- 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
- vent verb
- vocalize verb
- wail verb
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper verb
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