take something off someone's hands

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

What does ‘take something off someone’s hands’ mean?

Meaning + an example please.

Thank you

2

You relieve them of that task/responsibility, etc.

You need to concentrate on the new customer account so let me take the archiving off your hands and finish it for you.

I know you have a lot to do before tomorrow’s meeting, so once I’ve finished compiling this list I’ll take some of those reports off your hands and complete them for you.

Please is there a volunteer willing to take the task of writing the letters to the charities off my hands?

3

Hi,
Can I ask if the above construction implies a doer and a receiver that is, someone else relieving you of something. Could I ‘take something off my hands’ or I had to get rid of it, get it off my chest, whatsoever? Would it sound correct:“I decided to take the children off my hands for the weekend”?
Thank you.

4

Hi ,
Can I say that it means to do someone’s job or to complete it (I’ll take the work off your hands so you can go shopping.)
Please tell me if that right .
Thank you

5

That doesn’t work. Someone else needs to take something off your hands:

I decided to let my husband take the children off my hands for the weekend.

6

That’s okay, Dekyarat.

7

Got it, thank you, Beees.
Regards.

8

[color=green]Thanks alot Beeesneees.
Greetings
Dekrayat

9

You’re welcome, but there is no such word as ‘alot’ in standard English. You need to write ‘a lot’.

10

You are very funny Beeesneees.

11

Thanks a lot,I learned English from watching English movies , so I don’t write very well.
Thank you.