DEAD HAND


Meaning of DEAD HAND in English

You can refer to the dead hand of a particular thing when that thing has a bad or depressing influence on a particular situation. ( mainly BRIT )

...the dead hand of bureaucracy.

N-SING : usu the N of n

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