第一，迷你对话

A：Did you buy the dictionary?

你买了这本字典了吗？

B: No. I didn't.

没有，我没买。

A: Why?

为什么？

B: Because I happened not to have enough money in hand at that time.

因为那时我手头上碰巧没有那么多钱。

第二，词海拾贝

in hand：在手头

e.g. He said he will make the delivery when he has the cash in hand.

他说他手头有现金就会发货。

e.g. I've got all of those things in hand, so we don't have to go to the store.

我手头上已经这那些东西，所以不必去商店了。

第三，视野拓展

in hand：在进行中

e.g.His argument is beside the subject in hand.

他的议论离开了讨论的问题。

Please stick to the matter in hand—we really don't have time to go off on tangents.

请把手头的事坚持下去，我们实在没有时间跑题。