Timeline for Do we say "The king took the peasant's hands" to say the king showed respect for the peasant when the peasant held up his hands and bowed to him?
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| Feb 25, 2022 at 5:55 | comment | added | James K | It doesn't mean that the king showed respect. It means the king grasped the hands of the peasant. What he did next might imply a respect or not. "The king took the peasant's hand and lifted him up to speak face to face." is very different to "The king took the peasant's hands, bound them in chains and dragged the peasant to the dungeon" | |
| Feb 25, 2022 at 5:22 | comment | added | Tom | WHat about "The king took the peasant's hands"? does it mean the king showed respect for the peasant? I saw that sentence in stories | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 19:45 | comment | added | Eli Harold | @ColinFine James first addressed the OP's example with "No, that is not a particular idiom. 'Holding hands' is not used figuratively to mean 'show respect.'" Then went on to explain another similar phrase that is used. | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 17:30 | comment | added | Colin Fine | But that idiom is "holding someone's hand", not "holding someone's hands". But I agree that held doesn't fit in the OP's question. | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 17:13 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |