hand in hand

See also: hand-in-hand and Hand in Hand

English

Alternative forms

• hand-in-hand

Adverb

hand in hand (not comparable)

1. Holding or clasping hands.

   The couple strolled down the sidewalk, hand in hand.

2. (figurative) Naturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship.

   The tendency to follow trends and explore one's sense of self goes hand in hand with being a teenager.

3. (obsolete) Just; fair; equitable.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison.

Translations

holding or clasping hands

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手拉手地 (zh) (shǒu lāshǒu de), 攜手地／携手地 (zh), 携手地 (zh) (xiéshǒu de, xīshǒu de)

• Dutch: hand in hand
• Finnish: käsi kädessä
• French: main dans la main (fr)
• German: Hand in Hand
• Greek: χέρι-χέρι (chéri-chéri)
• Hungarian: kéz a kézben, kézen fogva
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: a mani giunte, mano nella mano
• Japanese: 手をつないで (てをつないで, te o tsunaide)
• Latin: manibus nexis
• Portuguese: de mãos dadas
• Russian: рука́ о́б ру́ку (ruká ób rúku)
• Spanish: de la mano, de la mano
• Turkish: el ele (tr)
• Ukrainian: пліч-о-пліч (plič-o-plič)

naturally together

• Finnish: käsi kädessä
• German: Hand in Hand
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: mano nella mano
• Russian: рука́ о́б ру́ку (ruká ób rúku)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: man-en-mane
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• arm in arm