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There are 30 people coming to dinner tonight, so it's all hands on deck.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
all hands on deck — interjection An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately; normally shortened to All hands As soon as the boche and his guard were aboard again, I called all hands on deck, including von Schoenvorts, and… … Wiktionary
all hands on deck — When there is a need for all hands on deck, everyone must help, especially when there is a lot of work to be done in a short amount of time. As the opening day approached, it was all hands on deck to have everything ready in time … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
all hands on deck — something that you say when everyone s help is needed, especially to do a lot of work in a short amount of time. We ve got to get all this cleared up before they arrive so it s all hands on deck … New idioms dictionary
all hands on deck — used for saying that everyone must help because there is an emergency … English dictionary
all hands to the pump — phrase used for saying that everyone must work hard because the situation is urgent Thesaurus: everyone and everybodysynonym Main entry: pump * * * all ˌhands on ˈdeck idiom (also … Useful english dictionary
All Hands — Логотип журнала All Hands … Википедия
All hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
At all hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
On all hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hands — n. 1. a person s power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands. Syn: custody. [WordNet 1.5] 2. The force of workers available; as, all hands on deck. Syn: work force, manpower, men. [WordNet 1.5] A dictionary containing a natural… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
