in safe hands
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3.4
- idiom
:
en buenas manos
- Rest assured, your child is in safe hands at our daycare.
- in safe hands now
And so, yeah, I just felt like I was in safe hands.
- And so, yeah, I just felt like I was in safe hands.
Examples
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You're in safe hands now.
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Couldn't be in safer hands, mate.
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I told you, you were in safe hands.
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-It will be fine, we're in safe hands.
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It's good to know we're in safe hands.
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Rest assured, it's in safe hands.
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You're in safe hands now, no need to worry.
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- You're in safe hands here.
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- You're in safe hands.
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You're in safe hands.
Synonyms
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1.5
Not hurt and not in danger
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3.5
Leaving something with a person or place so it is protected
5
4.0
A person, team, or group you can trust to look after something
A person who can be trusted to do important tasks carefully and well
Antonyms
How Safe
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3.4
1
5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning can be partly inferred from 'safe' (protected) and 'hands' used metaphorically to mean 'care' or 'control', so a learner who knows the words may guess it means being looked after. However, the use of 'hands' as 'care/authority' is a metaphorical extension that is not fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure, making it only partially transparent.
Etymology
In safe hands may come from the clear image of placing a child or object into another person's hands because that person is careful and trusted, so the thing feels protected. That's why the phrase means 'in the care of someone you can trust'.