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Why "hand over fist" means "very rapidly"? Any good explanations for that?
Jul 25, 2011 11:34 PM
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hand over fist= fast
If you make or lose money hand over fist, you make or lose a lot of money very quickly
Example: Business was so good that we were making money hand over fist.
July 26, 2011
Dear sam
meaning of idiomatic phrases has no why.
Why " break a leg" means ..... good luck
July 26, 2011
hand over fist
energetically and rapidly
He completed his assignments hand over fist.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hand%20over%20fist
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hand+over+fist
July 25, 2011
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