英美俚俗语【129】hand it to someone 赞扬某人；甘拜下风

hand it to someone

[美俗]赞扬某人；甘拜下风

You’ve got to hand it to him. He is quite a good salesman.

你不能不称赞他，他是位很不错的推销员。

At first I thought I could manage it myself, but now I have to hand it to Kate.

起初，我原以为能够独立应付此事，可是现在我不得不将其转交给凯特来处理了。

注解：

hand意指转交，递给；to hand it to someone系指将某事或某物拱手转交给他人，喻指服了某人或赞扬某人。