handwringing

handwringing
hand·wring·ing or hand wringing (hăndʹrĭng'ĭng) n.
1. Clasping and squeezing of the hands, often in distress.
2. An excessive expression of distress:

handwringing by some experts over the state of the economy.

  handʹwring'er or hand wringer n.

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