safe pair of hands

noun phrase

British

: someone who can be trusted with responsibility or a job

The next leader of the party should be a safe pair of hands.

Examples of safe pair of hands in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Maignan’s ability to be a net positive in terms of keeping the ball out of his goal, over the equivalent of more than 250 league appearances for Lille and Milan, marks him out as a safe pair of hands. —Liam Twomey, New York Times, 11 June 2025

With no standout options to replace him, the federation went for a safe pair of hands. —Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

Moyes is a safe pair of hands who coached the club successfully for 11 years previously. —Phil Hay, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025

He was seen as a capable politician and a safe pair of hands, one of the strongest members of Zelensky’s cabinet. —Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024

While the Conservatives have traditionally been seen as a safe pair of hands, their reputation was rocked by the revelation that multiple parties were thrown inside Downing Street at a time when Johnson had placed the U.K. population under stringent COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing rules. —Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024

Singh was regarded as a safe pair of hands and was expected by many in the industry to oversee Sony’s next growth steps in the country. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 June 2024

In a country where impeachments are not uncommon, this was an important gesture: should Congress find Lula too radical, his backup looks to be a safe pair of hands. —Oliver Stuenkel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2022

What Mattarella needed was essentially a safe pair of hands to reassure markets until Italy could hold another vote. —Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2018

Rhymes for safe pair of hands

• ands
• bands
• brands
• glands
• grands
• lands
• mands
• rands
• sands
• stands
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• armbands