Idiom
deal a hand
Meaning
To assign circumstances in life to someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Life dealt him a bad hand, but he stays positive.”
“She worked hard to succeed despite the difficult hand that life dealt her at birth.”
“Though fate had dealt him a challenging hand, he navigated his circumstances with remarkable grace and resilience throughout his long career.”
Examples
simple
“Life dealt him a bad hand, but he stays positive.”
contextual
“She worked hard to succeed despite the difficult hand that life dealt her at birth.”
complex
“Though fate had dealt him a challenging hand, he navigated his circumstances with remarkable grace and resilience throughout his long career.”
Origin
From the noun *hand*, signifying the cards held by a player. The idiom is derived from the mechanics of card games, in which the eventual outcome is determined by the specific distribution of cards dealt to each participant at the commencement of play.
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