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Examples:You count them on your fingers.—(of the fingers or toes) nail—lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. get one's finger in the pie—sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)—rub or roll between the hands or fingers—fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate—dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie—face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)—You count them on your fingers (idiom). tiny number—count with one's fingers—brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)—cross little fingers (between children) as a promise—spread open (fingers, legs)—okra, also known as ladies' fingers—pinch (with one's fingers)—a snap of the fingers (idiom); in an instant—stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); get one's fingers burnt—pick out (with one's fingers)—press using one's fingers—work one's fingers to the bone—squeeze the fingers (old form of torture)—hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)—a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash—squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture)—antipinch (e.g. preventing catching fingers in automatic car windows)—smooth or arrange sth. using one's fingers—classifier for most long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, bananas, guitar strings, animal tails, fingers etc.—whistle (with fingers in one's mouth)—point the finger of blame—finger method (in painting)—Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan—circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument)—watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger—you only have lift a finger—play Chinese finger game—as the arm moves the finger [idiom.]—lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy seize sth.— |