“Change hands”
定義
To pass from one owner to another.
例句
Examples
“The company changed hands last year.”
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
The company changed hands last year.Compare with the original example
The company changed hands last year.
Write a two-line conversation using “Change hands”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionary常見問題
- What does "Change hands" mean?
- "Change hands" means to pass from one owner to another.
- How do you use "Change hands" in a sentence?
- Example: "The company changed hands last year."
- Should I interpret "Change hands" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.