dead hand

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English - Turkish
elden çıkarılamaz mülk
satılamaz mülk
English - English
the oppressive influence of past events of decisions
You can refer to the dead hand of a particular thing when that thing has a bad or depressing influence on a particular situation. the dead hand of bureaucracy
A hand no longer in the game
real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
n A hand in which no one completes a winning hand before all tiles except the Dead Wall have been drawn The round ends then with no winner

Related Terms

dead man's hand
An ace and an eight as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
dead man's hand
A pair of aces and a pair of eights, in a player's hand
dead man's hand
Other various hands, among them a full house of three jacks and two tens