aan de hand zijn

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • (both colloquial) aan het handje zijn, aan 't handje zijn

Verb

aan de hand zijn

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to occur, happen, go on, be at hand
    Wat is er aan de hand? ― What's going on?

Usage notes

  • The verb zijn is sometimes omitted; e.g. niks aan de hand ("there is nothing going on" or "nothing is amiss") is commonly heard as a sentence by itself instead of the full er is niks aan de hand.
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