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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Impossible

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1.Oh! you are impossible,she threw up her hand.


what is meaning of "impossible" here?

What is meaning of "threw up"?

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'You are impossible' here means 'you are incorrigible, you are impossible to correct/convince/change; you are always contrary'. ). To 'throw up one's hands' is an idiom deriving from the tendency to do just that-- raise one's arms and then release them-- as a gesture of despair or frustration, etc.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'You are impossible' here means 'you are incorrigible, you are impossible to correct/convince/change; you are always contrary'.
  • ).
  • To 'throw up one's hands' is an idiom deriving from the tendency to do just that-- raise one's arms and then release them-- as a gesture of despair or frustration, etc.
  • And that is what is means-- express such emotions: 'she threw up her hands in disgust/frustration/anger/despair'.
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'You are impossible' here means 'you are incorrigible, you are impossible to correct/convince/change; you are always contrary'.

I presume that 'hand' is a typographical error for 'hands' (singular and plural are always important!). To 'throw up one's hands' is an idiom deriving from the tendency to do just that-- raise one's arms and then release them-- as a gesture of despair or frustr
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Sir(Mr.M.M)

Thanks for correcting me!

Really it was a typographical error for 'hands' .

Your advice is always fruitful to me.

Thanks.
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