"Get the hang" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the door," Didyak said. The Tr'en literalist approach to the smallest problems of everyday living was a little hard to get the hang of, Korvin told himself bitterly. He ...
— Lost in Translation • Larry M. Harris
... a long time before I could get the hang of things about yer, for I was used to company and excitement. I couldn't get any woman to help me, and a man I dursen't trust; but what with the Indians hereabout, who'd do odd jobs for me, and having ...
— Selected Stories • Bret Harte
... looked up at the ceiling. "I reckon it's all right, but I don't exactly get the hang of it," he said, getting up and taking his hat off ...
— Old Ebenezer • Opie Read
... "Can't," he said decidedly. "You see, I'm busy at home all day long and you'll be busy here. My mother works out and I have to do most of the housework and take care of the baby. Pretty slow work on crutches, you know—although it's easy enough getting round after you get the hang of it. No, I really don't have any time to ...
— Maida's Little Shop • Inez Haynes Irwin
... crestfallen at once. "I can't cook, mother," he said. "Not the least in the world. Often and often I've watched Pat, but I never could get the hang ...
— The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys • Gulielma Zollinger
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