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a safe pair of hands1(In a sporting context) used to refer to someone who is reliable when catching a ball: he has a safe pair of hands and made the catch look easy...- Terry Pearson broke up several threatening attacks and Bentley was once again showing a safe pair of hands in the home goal.
- He is also a very good fielder with a safe pair of hands.
- Particularly Pietersen, oddly enough, since he is a fine fielder, an intelligent cricketer and a safe pair of hands.
1.1Used to denote someone who is capable, reliable, or trustworthy in the management of a situation: they were searching for a safe pair of hands to oversee the running of the lottery...- In the short term, management will want to install a safe pair of hands in the editor's chair, someone who can pull off the balancing act of both stemming the Mirror's falling circulation and keeping their head down.
- Regarded as a safe pair of hands, he manages to combine a strong streak of entrepreneurship with a cautious and balanced approach to control and risk.
- Those who saw him as a safe pair of hands when he succeeded a dispirited Paul Sturrock in August presumably thought the former Aberdeen and St Mirren manager would use such experience to bolster a struggling squad.
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