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Spending like a man with no hands?
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My Nan used to say this all the time, and I said it to my bf the other day when I told him not to go and spend loads of money and then realised quite how stupid it actually sounds...Does anyone else know of this saying and/or where it comes from?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As you've had no reply for a couple of days, I thought I might offer this...I've never heard the phrase used myself, but I wonder whether it is used to mean the opposite of what seems to be suggested.
Clearly, someone with no hands cannot reach into his pockets to get at his money, so it might be said of a mean person...the sort that doesn't buy his round in the pub. So, saying: "He was spending like a man with no hands" actually means "He wasn't spending anything at all!"
Perhaps what you should have said to your boyfriend was:"Spend money like a man with no hands!"
Clearly, someone with no hands cannot reach into his pockets to get at his money, so it might be said of a mean person...the sort that doesn't buy his round in the pub. So, saying: "He was spending like a man with no hands" actually means "He wasn't spending anything at all!"
Perhaps what you should have said to your boyfriend was:"Spend money like a man with no hands!"
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