“Get out of hand”in other languages
Become impossible to control.
English
Dutch
Spanish
EnglishDutchSpanishSame idea, different pictures
All three let something slip from the hand, perhaps the reins of a horse: uit de hand lopen, irse de las manos. Once it's out of your hands, you're no longer steering.
More sayings in other languages
- Get the short end of the stick
- Gild the lily
- Give someone the brush-off
- Give someone the cold shoulder
- Give someone what for
- Go all out
- Go away empty-handed
- Go off on a tangent
- Go overboard