[tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ, ㄊㄡ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚˇ ㄇㄧˇ, 偷鸡不成蚀把米 / 偷雞不成蝕把米] trying to steal a chicken, but only lost a handful of rice (俗语 common expression); having high aims, but a total failure #111,919[Add to Longdo]
[tōu jī bù zháo shí bǎ mǐ, ㄊㄡ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚˇ ㄇㄧˇ, 偷鸡不着蚀把米 / 偷雞不著蝕把米] trying to steal a chicken, but only lost a handful of rice (俗语 common expression); having high aims, but a total failure #202,660[Add to Longdo]
[つかみだす, tsukamidasu] (v5s, vt) to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out of a house [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
handful \hand"ful\ (h[a^]nd"f[.u]l), n.; pl. {handfuls}
(h[a^]nd"f[.u]lz). [AS. handfull.]
1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison.
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2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.]
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Knap the tongs together about a handful from the
bottom. --Bacon.
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3. A small quantity or number.
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This handful of men were tied to very hard duty.
--Fuller.
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4. A person, task, or situation, which is the most that one
can manage; as, my two-year-old is a handful.
[PJC]
{To have one's handful}, to have one's hands full; to have
all one can do. [Obs.]
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They had their handful to defend themselves from
firing. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
handful
n 1: a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were
received" [syn: {handful}, {smattering}]
2: the quantity that can be held in the hand [syn: {handful},
{fistful}]
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