Meaning of back of one's hand | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A slap.
2. A display of disrespect or scorn.
   broadly, figuratively, idiomatic

Examples

“"And have that boor D'Hérouville laugh? No! Let him give me the chance, and I will give him the back of my hand."”

“"Out upon ye, Mr. Saddletree!" exclaimed David, . . . "out upon your General Assembly, and the back of my hand to your Court o' Session!"”

“[A]nd the back of my hand to them that have come in the way, bringin' sorrow, an' desolation, an' misery on gentlefolks.”

“'And have you nothing for me, duckie?' 'O, you! The back of my hand to you!' said Mrs Kernan tartly.”

“"As I said, Truman showed him the back of his hand rather than any desire to cooperate."”

“When German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2009 invited him to come to Berlin to help celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Fall of the Wall, Mr. Obama gave her the back of his hand.”

CEFR level