Hand und Fuß
German
    
    Alternative forms
    
- Hand und Fuss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
Etymology
    
Literally, “hand and foot”.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /hant ʊnt fuːs/
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Noun
    
- rhyme or reason, common sense; substance
- Synonym: Sinn und Verstand
- Hand und Fuß haben ― to make sense (literally, “to have hand and foot”)
- weder Hand noch Fuß haben ― to make no sense at all (literally, “to have neither hand nor foot”)
- eine Geschichte ohne Hand und Fuß ― Banbury story of a cock and a bull
 
Further reading
    
- “Hand und Fuß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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