English Explanatory Dictionary

look Ma, no hands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Expresses victory in accomplishing something that can never be undone.

Word forms

look Ma, no hands

Etymology

From a young child's growing ability to ride a bicycle without the handlebars. Popularized and perhaps coined in a 1937 cartoon.

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