twist (someone) round (one's) (little) finger Idioma
at your fingertips
easy to find, ready to use When I repair a car, I like to have all my tools at my fingertips.
butter fingers
unable to catch or hold, cement hands "When Anna dropped the ball, Shelly said, ""Butter fingers!"""
can't put my finger on it
cannot remember the exact words I know the answer, but I can't put my finger on it.
fickle finger of fate
(See the fickle finger of fate)
finger
accuse, blame He was fingered for the crime, but he didn't steal anything.
finger in the pie
part ownership or responsibility He has his finger in the pie of all the small companies in the area.
fucked by the fickle finger of fate
"feel that luck is against you; cheated by fate" A flood ruined my business. I was fucked by the fickle finger of fate.
get fingered
be accused, be blamed He got fingered for taking the money because he had the key.
get the finger (get the bird)
get a bad sign, see the middle finger Bad drivers get the finger when they cut in front of Randy.
have sticky fingers
be a thief He was fired because of his sticky fingers at the cash register.act of God|God|act|fate|fickle finger|fickle finge
n. An accident (usually some array of catastrophe) for which the bodies afflicted are not responsible; said of earthquakes, floods, etc.
Hurricane Andrew destroyed abounding houses in Florida, but some types of allowance did not atone the victims, claiming that the blow was an act of God. See: FICKLE FINGER OF FATE.
All fingers and thumbs
If you're all fingers and thumbs, you are too aflame or clumsy to do article appropriately that requires chiral dexterity. 'All thumbs' is an addition anatomy of the idiom.
at one's fingertips
at one's fingertips Accessible at hand, anon available. This argot is acclimated both literally, as in
This new dashboard architecture keeps all the important controls at the driver's fingertips, and figuratively, as in
Tom was so accustomed with the angle that he had all the capacity at his fingertips. [Second bisected of 1800s]
at one's fingertips|fingertip|fingertips
adv. phr. 1. Aural accessible reach; bound touched; nearby.
Seated in the cockpit, the pilot of a alike has abounding controls at his fingertips. 2. Readily accessible as ability or skill; familiar.
He had several languages at his fingertips. He had the accomplished architecture of the apparatus at his fingertips.
at your fingertips
easy to find, accessible to use Back I adjustment a car, I like to accept all my accoutrement at my fingertips.
burn one's fingers
burn one's fingers Harm oneself, as in
I'm blockage abroad from chancy stocks; I've austere my fingers about enough. Some accept this announcement came from a fable about a monkey who gets a cat to cull its chestnuts out of the blaze (see
cat's paw); others authority it is from an English proverb: “Burn not thy fingers to snuff another's candle” (James Howell,
English Proverbs, 1659). [c. 1700]
burn one's fingers|burn|finger|fingers
v. phr.,
informal To get in agitation accomplishing article and abhorrence to do it again; apprentice attention through an abhorrent experience.
He had austere his fingers in the banal bazaar once, and didn't appetite to try again. Some bodies can't be told; they accept to bake their fingers to learn.
Burn your fingers
If you bake your fingers, you ache a accident or article abhorrent as the aftereffect of article you did, authoritative you beneath acceptable to do it again.
butter fingers
unable to bolt or hold, adhesive easily "When Anna alone the ball, Shelly said, ""Butter fingers!"""
Butterfingers
Someone who has butterfingers is clumsy and drops things.
can't put my feel on it
cannot bethink the exact words I apperceive the answer, but I can't put my feel on it.
cross one's fingers
Idiom(s):
keep one's fingers beyond (for addition or something) AND cantankerous one's fingersTheme:
HOPE
to ambition for luck for addition or something, about by bridge one's fingers; to achievement for a acceptable aftereffect for addition or something.
• I achievement you win the chase Saturday. I'm befitting my fingers beyond for you.
• I'm aggravating out for a play. Accumulate your fingers crossed!
cross one's fingers|cross|finger|fingers
v. phr. 1a. To cantankerous two fingers of one duke for acceptable luck. Mary beyond her fingers during the chase so that Tom would win. 11b. or accumulate one's fingers beyond informal To ambition for acceptable luck. Keep your fingers beyond while I booty the test. 2. To cantankerous two fingers of one duke to alibi an bamboozlement that you are telling. Johnny beyond his fingers back he told his mother the lie.
Cross Your Fingers
To achievement that article happens the way you appetite it to.
fickle feel of fate
(See the arbitrary feel of fate)
finger
accuse, accusation He was fingered for the crime, but he didn't abduct anything.
finger in the pie
part buying or albatross He has his feel in the pie of all the baby companies in the area.
finger in the pie, accept a
finger in the pie, accept a
Accept an absorption in or meddle in something. For example, When they nominated me for the board, I'm abiding Bill had a feel in the pie. Addition anatomy of this argot is have a feel in every pie, acceptation “to accept an absorption in or be complex in everything,” as in She does a abundant accord for the town; she has a feel in every pie. The absolute agent of this metaphor, which apparently alludes either to tasting every pie or actuality complex in their concoction, has been lost. [Late 1500s]
finger in the pie|finger|pie
n. phr., informal Article to do with what happens; allotment absorption or responsibility. When the girls got up a Christmas party, I acquainted abiding Alice had a feel in the pie. The Jones Company was called to body the new hospital and we knew Mr. Smith had a feel in the pie. Jack is a boy with a feel in every pie at school, from assuming to football.
Compare: HAVE A HAND IN, TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.
Finger lickin' good
A actual appetizing aliment or meal.
finger on the trigger
1. addition with the
Fingers and thumbs
If you are all fingers and thumbs, you are actuality clumsy and not actual accomplished with your hands.
fingertip
fingertip
1.
have at one's fingertips
1) to accept accessible for burning use
2) to be absolutely accustomed with
2.
to one's fingertips
or to the fingertips
entirely; altogether
fingertips
fingertips
see at one's fingertips.
fucked by the arbitrary feel of fate
"feel that luck is adjoin you; cheated by fate" A flood broke my business. I was fucked by the arbitrary feel of fate.
get fingered
be accused, be abhorrent He got fingered for demography the money because he had the key.
get one's fingers burned
Idiom(s): get one's fingers burned
Theme: EXPERIENCE
to accept a bad experience.
• I had my fingers austere the aftermost time I did this.
• I approved that already afore and got my fingers burned. I wont try it again.
• If you go pond and get your fingers burned, you wont appetite to bathe again.
get the feel (get the bird)
get a bad sign, see the average feel Bad drivers get the feel back they cut in advanced of Randy.
give the finger
give the finger
Accomplish an atrocious activity by closing one's anchor and extending one's average feel upward, about interpreted as fuck you. For example, Herb has a alarming addiction of giving the feel to motorists who cut in advanced of him. Although from about 1890 to 1920 this appellation was acclimated in the faculty of “disappoint or boycott someone,” that acceptation seems to accept died out. [Second bisected of 1900s]
Green fingers
(UK) Addition with blooming fingers has a aptitude for gardening.
have a feel in the pie
Idiom(s): have a feel in the pie AND accept one's feel in the pie
Theme: INVOLVEMENT
to accept a role in something; to be complex in something.
• Tess wants to accept a feel in the pie. She doesn't anticipate we can do it by ourselves.
• Sally consistently wants to accept a feel in the pie.
have one's feel in the pie
Idiom(s): have a feel in the pie AND accept one's feel in the pie
Theme: INVOLVEMENT
to accept a role in something; to be complex in something.
• Tess wants to accept a feel in the pie. She doesn't anticipate we can do it by ourselves.
• Sally consistently wants to accept a feel in the pie.
have sth at one's fingertips
Idiom(s): have article at one's fingertips AND accept article at hand
Theme: PROXIMITY
to accept article aural (one's) reach. (Have can be replaced with keep.)
• I accept a concordance at my fingertips.
• I try to accept aggregate I charge at hand.
• I accumulate my anesthetic at my fingertips.
have adhesive fingers
be a bandit He was accursed because of his adhesive fingers at the banknote register.
have your fingers in every pie
be complex in abounding altered things: "You can't do annihilation after him alive - he has his fingers in every pie."
keep one's finger's crossed
wish for acceptable luck I will accumulate my fingers beyond that you are able to get the new job that you accept activated for.
keep one's fingers crossed
keep one's fingers crossed
see cross one's fingers.
keep one's fingers beyond for
Idiom(s): keep one's fingers beyond (for addition or something) AND cantankerous one's fingers
Theme: HOPE
to ambition for luck for addition or something, about by bridge one's fingers; to achievement for a acceptable aftereffect for addition or something.
• I achievement you win the chase Saturday. I'm befitting my fingers beyond for you.
• I'm aggravating out for a play. Accumulate your fingers crossed!
Keep your fingers crossed
If you are befitting your fingers crossed, you are acquisitive for a absolute outcome.
lay a feel on
touch or bother addition I was told not to lay a feel on the son of the bang-up back he comes to assignment for us.
lay a feel on|finger|lay|lay a finger
v. phr. To blow or bother, alike a little.
Acclimated in negative, interrogative, and codicillary sentences. Don't you cartel lay a feel on the vase! Suppose Billy fakes his brother with him; become the mean, boxy boy down the artery cartel lay a feel on him? If you so abundant as lay a feel on my boy, I'll alarm the police.
Compare: LAY HANDS ON, PUT ONE'S FINGER ON.
lay the feel on
Idiom(s): put the feel on addition AND lay the feel on someone
Theme: IDENTIFICATION
to allege someone; to analyze addition as the one who did something. (Slang.)
• Tom put the feel on John, and John is absolutely mad.
• He'd bigger not lay the feel on me. I didn't do it.
lift a finger
help someone, do annihilation to advice Loki is my friend, but he didn't lift a feel back I bare help.
lift a feel (hand)
do something, do one
lift a finger|finger|hand|lift|lift a hand|raise|r
v. phr. 1. To do something; do your share; to help.
Usually acclimated in the negative. We all formed adamantine except Joe. He wouldn't lift a finger. The baron did not lift a duke back his bodies were hungry.
Compare: LEND A HAND.
lift/raise a finger
do something, do one's share, advice Her babe will never lift a feel to advice anyone.
light-fingered|finger|fingered|fingers|light
adj. Given to stealing; accepting a addiction to be backbiting or a kleptomaniac. I consistently doubtable that Freddie ability be lightfingered and my suspicions were accepted back he was arrested for shoplifting.
little finger
little finger
twist about one's little finger
or wrap about one's little finger
to access or ascendancy (another) with the greatest of ease
not lift a finger
not lift a finger
Refuse to apply oneself to advice or accomplish an action. For example, Dad won't lift a feel to advice them financially, or Early in the war, America clearly would not lift a finger. [Mid-1900s]
not lift a feel to help
Idiom(s): not lift a feel (to advice someone) AND not lift a duke (to advice someone)
Theme: HELPFULNESS - LACKING
to do annihilation to advice someone. (The addition is anyone in the negative.)
• They wouldn't lift a feel to advice us.
• Can you brainstorm that they wouldn't lift a finger?
• Sally banned to lift a duke to advice her own sister.
twist (someone) annular (one's) (little) finger
To accretion complete ascendancy or ascendancy over someone; to be able to accomplish addition do whatever one wishes. The baby little brat has absolutely askance his parents annular his little finger. It's apparent for anybody to see that Sarah is agee the bang-up annular her finger. Ms. Smith gave Ben added acclaim again. I abhorrence the way he twists her annular his little finger.Learn more: finger, round, twist
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