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: I saw on television that the origin of making money hand over fist refers to the old practice of punching coins out of sheets of silver or gold. One hand holds the punch in a fist while the other hand holds the hammer.
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Most likely a naval term, the hauling of a rope is done "hand over fist". Originally indicated slow steady progress, as in bringing two ships together via ropes, but has taken on an insinuation of great speed, when used referring ...
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much like a grave digger's hands. In my search for the origin, I've seen reference to ... Although "hand over fist" is almost always heard today in the context of making money rapidly and in great quantity, its origins lie in a field that was (and is) very unlikely to land its practitioners on the cover of Fortune.
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Make money hand over fist ... Since I joined that pyramid club, soon I'll be making money hand over fist. ... Origin: Thanks to Pamela Walker...
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Use hand over fist in a Sentence ... See web results for hand over fist ... See images of hand over fist...
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Any ideas about where the expression "hand over fist" comes from? Such as, "Man, he was raking in the cash, hand over fist." ... The form hand over fist, instead of the original hand over hand, is an obvious and natural variant (close your hand around a rope and you do, indeed, make a fist).
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Skip to article ... An oil trader demonstrates the hand signals used on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Text and graphics by Ben Schott, a contributing columnist...
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Fall is officially Doomtree season, with the majority of the collective releasing solo records over a three-month period. With Hand Over Fist, MC Mike Mictlan and producer extraordinaire Lazerbeak ... Hand Over Fist is a concise record, electing to vary the pace rather than stretch things out with skits and interludes...
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Another comment: Cloud nine is an easy one. It is of relatively recent origin. The US weather bureau listed the different cloud formations and assigned them numbers. Cumulous clouds are #9. ... As in: "He was making money hand over fist."
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