Phrase info

with both hands

Meaning

(idiomatic) Willingly; readily.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see with,‎ both,‎ hands.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning-- and a child's more imporant than a joke, I hope. You couldn't deny that, even if you tried with both hands. Lewis Carroll

He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor. Raymond Chandler

For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands. J. D. Salinger

God does not smite with both hands. Spanish Proverb

Hold a true friend with both hands. African Proverb

Fortune never comes with both hands full. American Proverb

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