turn your hand to (doing) something

TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto do something well, even if it is the first time you have tried 能做好某事〔即使是第一次尝试的事〕

Larry’s one of those men who can turn their hand to anything.

拉里是那种什么都拿得起来的人。

Examples from the Corpus

turn your hand to (doing) something• Friday marks the start of a new music programme as Channel 4 turns its hand to dance.• She can also turn her hand to mending and spotting.• Roth also turned his hand to poetry, his best-known volume being, as you no doubt guessed, his Shit Poems.• I have turned my hand to trying a bit of writing and I keep meaning to take it up again.• Adam Burns was probably good at everything he turned his hand to.• Adult women could often turn their hand to more than one form of casual employment.• She turned her hand to short stories, getting two published in the early 1990s.• He has had to be able to turn his hand to almost anything.

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单词	turn your hand to (doing) something
释义	turn your hand to (doing) something turn your hand to (doing) something TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto do something well, even if it is the first time you have tried 能做好某事〔即使是第一次尝试的事〕 Larry’s one of those men who can turn their hand to anything. 拉里是那种什么都拿得起来的人。 Examples from the Corpus turn your hand to (doing) something• Friday marks the start of a new music programme as Channel 4 turns its hand to dance.• She can also turn her hand to mending and spotting.• Roth also turned his hand to poetry, his best-known volume being, as you no doubt guessed, his Shit Poems.• I have turned my hand to trying a bit of writing and I keep meaning to take it up again.• Adam Burns was probably good at everything he turned his hand to.• Adult women could often turn their hand to more than one form of casual employment.• She turned her hand to short stories, getting two published in the early 1990s.• He has had to be able to turn his hand to almost anything. → turn your hand to (doing) something at hand1(24)
随便看	throw a wrench in something throw a wrench in sth throwback throw back in face throwbacks throw/cast caution to the winds throw caution to the wind throw caution to the winds throw caution to the wind(s) throw dice throw dice/a six/a four etc throw doubt on throw doubt on something throw doubt on sth throw down the gauntlet thrower throwers throw for a loop throw hat into the ring throw in throw-in throwin throw in/cast your lot with somebody/something throw in face throwing