English Dictionary

throw up one's hands

verb

(intransitive) To raise both hands in the air in an exasperated manner. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To cease an attempt because it is perceived as doomed.

I throw up my hands in frustration.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To raise both hands in the air in an exasperated manner.

意味（2）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To cease an attempt because it is perceived as doomed.

I see it warn't a bit of use to try to go ahead—I'd got to throw up my hands.

I see it warn't a bit of use to try to go ahead—I'd got to throw up my hands. 1987 Scholastic Paperbacks ed., →ISBN, page 283