hand waving | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Discussionorargumentationinvolvingapproximation,vagueness, educatedguessing, or the attempt toexplainorexcusevagaries.The sales pitch sounded good, but there was a lot ofhand wavingabout the price.2000August 21, “letter”, inTime:Protesters who demand that this brilliantly humane enterprise be stopped should have their motives questioned. Their protest is nothing but the mindlesshand wavingof Luddites.

Examples:

EN: He said that once, when he was on the lake, he could see a hand waving on the bottom.
ES: Me dijo que una vez estando en el lago vio una mano que saludaba desde el fondo.
EN: He sees her hand waving.
ES: Él ve su mano saludando.
EN: and instead of this solitary palm branch broken off from the shadow, this woman's bare arm with its hand waving faint and slow, there is now only this palm,
ES: y en lugar de este único ramo que sobresalía, de este brazo desnudo de una mujer con la mano en el extremo y que se movía lenta y débilmente, ya no hay más que esta palma
EN: Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
ES: Sí, a bailar bajo un cielo de diamantes ondulando libremente una mano
EN: I say, make time to dance alone... with one hand waving free.
ES: Encuentra el tiempo para bailar solo... con una mano alzada.
EN: For example, a hand waving.
ES: Por ejemplo, agitar la mano.
EN: Now, in this case, the hand waving represents a person coming in for treatment, usually a woman as the symptoms are more immediate.
ES: Ahora, en este caso la mano agitada representa una persona iniciando un tratamiento usualmente una mujer ya que los síntomas aparecen más rápidos.
EN: That is some serious angry hand waving.
ES: Esa es una mano saludando con carácter. ¿Sabes qué?
EN: âª Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky âª âª With one hand waving free âª âª Silhouetted by the sea âª âª Circled by the circus sands âª
ES: Sí, para bailar bajo el cielo de diamantes Con una mano libre que salude Contorneados por el mar
EN: There is no love with one hand waving.
HI: एक हाथ से तो ताली बजती नहीं प्यारे.
EN: This continued until he saw a woman's hand waving from
HI: तभी देखा कि महिला की हाथ चल रही है
EN: Frenzied hand waving side-to-side to no one in particular.
HI: किसी के आगे न फैलाया जाने वाला हाथ
EN: Therefore, God doesn't exist - Argument from hand waving 1.
HI: भगवान कर्म नहीं कराते
EN: The hand waving is attempting to be descriptive, this time.
HI: आजमाने को आतुर, व्याकुल हैं इस बार!
EN: One hand waving "come on"
HI: एक कहावत चली आती है "जाके

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