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Mister Micawber wrote:It is a standardized name for the account book and line of the financial statement, not an idiom. I presume that its source was something like Accounts receivable, but that is merely of historical interest. I understand, Thank you !

It is a standardized name for the account book and line of the financial statement, not an idiom. I presume that its source was something like Accounts receivable, but that is merely of historical interest.

'You are impossible' here means 'you are incorrigible, you are impossible to correct/convince/change; you are always contrary'. I presume that 'hand' is a typographical error for 'hands' (singular and plural are always important!). To 'throw up one's hands' is an idiom deriving from the...