throw up one's hands

Then we'll throw up our hands again and ask what went wrong.

When I tell people about my idea, they usually throw up their hands.

She opened the door herself and threw up her hands.

This democratic approach sometimes forces him to throw up his hands.

It is enough to make most people throw up their hands.

If this is the way, we can only throw up our hands.

Tom can't just throw up his hands and walk away from problems.

The Americans are more likely to throw up their hands and walk away from it.

But rather than throw up our hands, many of us are doing something about it.

We had the police involved, but they threw up their hands at the whole thing.

"They did not tell us to go to the Senate for a few days and throw up our hands."

I've taken her to every kind of doctor you can name and they all throw up their hands.

A few throw up their hands and sell the house.

He threw up his hands as if it were nothing.

And the women, he said, have just thrown up their hands.

Phone calls haven't helped, and you throw up your hands.

It’s almost as if the president and his staff have thrown up their hands.

When it started to get serious, some of them just threw up their hands.

Scientists don't just throw up their hands and say a problem is too difficult.

All that means is it’s too late for the “nonbelievers” to throw up our hands and see the light now.

They threw up their hands and left it at that.

He looked at their faces and threw up his hands.

But does that mean we should throw up our hands and die?

It would be too easy to throw up your hands and say, "Not my problem."

So after another month the doctors again threw up their hands and sent the young man home.