Hi
Could you explain the meaning of the (idiomatic) expression, if you ever met/use it?
b heavy on hand[/b]
Can it be said about time?
Can it be applied to characterise a person?
Hi,
Maybe something like :
-difficult to achive
-not easy available
I have asked two English whose work with me,but they said without context they can’t help.
“on hand” in my dictionary means:
close by , available
Regards
Jan
Hi Jan,
I heard (it seems…) it as an equivalent ‘time hangs heavy’ (if I understood it right. Possibly, not. :()
Also, one time I suspected that it was used to say something unpleasant about a person. Possibly (:)) that he is boring and dull, or something like that.
Or, maybe it also was about the time (of conversation with that tedious and didactic person.)
But you all here know that sometimes I am too suspicious, unfounded 
That’s the reason, why I just ask.
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Do you have this confused with heavy-handed?
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It seems, not, Mister Micawber.
I know the expression you mentioned.
Let’s check.
In my understanding, heavy-handed may be said about a person who is awkward and clumsy (literally - ‘handless’ 
in my native language).
Or I’d use ‘hand-handed’ (both in my language and in English) characterising a person who definitely has n’t ‘green fingers’ (flowers refuse to grow well after he/she planted them
Or about a person (hairdresser :)) who had cut my hair ends – and after that my hair made a poor growth 
Or I can say in a heavy-handed way when mean ‘applying power’.
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Well, I have never heard or used heavy on hand, though I see it is in Roget’s Thesaurus:
641. Redundance.
…VERB:
…wallow in; roll in (plenty) [See Sufficiency]; remain on one’s hands, hang heavy on hand, go a-begging or go begging; exaggerate [See Exaggeration].
Perhaps it is old-fashioned.
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Hi Tamara
I’d never heard (or used) “heavy on hand” or “hang heavy on hand” either.
About “heavy-handed”… I rarely (if ever) use that to mean clumsy. I always use it to mean tactless or harsh (as in definitions 2 + 3 in the link):
thefreedictionary.com/heavy-handed
Amy