Примеры употребления для matter in hand
1. The media focus was on Jowell – who had just split from her husband – rather than the matter in hand.
2. They appear to be too serious in their approach, even when the matter in hand should be taken lightly.
3. He may give a kindly advice or he may reproach a person in strong terms, depending on the seriousness of the matter in hand.
4. With his eyes coming level to Miss Lancaster‘s ample decolletage, he struggled somewhat to keep his attention on the matter in hand.
5. You have to cope with these things yourself, but how can you help others to cope when they have nothing whatsoever to do with the matter in hand?