Crying is right at hand in the smoothering dark, closed inside someone else, when you see how everything you can ever accomplish will end up as trash.
Source: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Learn English – Do we have a such idiom, “right at hand” ? What does it mean
idioms
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Best Answer
Yes
is a phrase that may literally imply that some implement is within touching distance, or may be used more metaphorically to indicate that some desired information or assistance is readily available. Here the usage indicates that one may readily start crying.
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