throw up one's hands (throh ap wans hands)

Phrasal-verb Emotion

Meaning

to give up in despair or frustration

rendirse en desesperación o frustración (rendirse en desesperacion o frustracion)

"The manager threw up his hands when the plan failed."

"El gerente levantó las manos cuando el plan fracasó." (El gerente **levantó las manos** cuando el plan fracasó.)

to look for specific items or products online

to review or check something carefully

to stop paying attention to stressful things; to mentally di...

to encourage people to buy more goods or services

to give up something through a trade or compromise

to experience or survive an important period of history