expression, i-adjective
out of control; unmanageable; nothing one can do
Idiomatic expression describing a situation or person that is so chaotic or difficult that one cannot handle or intervene.
彼の怒りはもう手がつけられないほどだった。
His anger was already out of control.
この問題は複雑すぎて手がつけられない。
This problem is too complicated to handle.