Literal translation
to have one's wrist cut off
Meaning
to claim generosity while actually being stingy
Explanation
To claim generosity while being stingy. The full phrase, to have one's heart on one's hand and the wrist cut off, contradicts the well known image of generosity by itself: with no hand, there is nowhere to place the heart. It targets above all those who say they give but never do, in a place where a spoken word is binding, as the saying goes, uno paraulo ligo mai que tóuti lei gumo, a word ties tighter than any anchor cable.