aan de hand zijn

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === (both colloquial) aan het handje zijn, aan 't handje zijn === Verb === aan de hand zijn (intransitive, idiomatic) to occur, happen, go on, be at hand Wat is er aan de hand? ― What's going on? ==== Usage notes ==== The verb zijn is sometimes omitted; e.g. niks aan de hand ("there is nothing going on" or "nothing is amiss") is commonly heard as a sentence by itself instead of the full er is niks aan de hand.