10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET ONE'S FINGER OUT»
Discover the use of
get one's finger out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
get one's finger out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
pull or get one's finger out (slang) to make an effort to work effectively. — put
one's finger on (coll) to identify (a point, difficulty, etc.). — put the finger on (slang)
to finger (a criminal, etc.). — slip through someone's fingers to manage to escape
...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
... in one's moutn Pinger: mit dem Finger im Mund dastehen/in der Gegend
stehen/da herumstehen/... to put one's finger to/on one's mouth Finger: den/die
Finger auf den Mund legen not to get one's finger out Arsch: seinen Arsch (mal
wieder/ ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
pull or get one's finger out slang to make an effort to start working more efficiently.
• put the finger on someone slang to finger (verb 4) (a criminal, etc). • slip through
someone's fingers to manage to escape from them. • wrap or twist someone ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
verb 1 bestir oneself hisfriends urged him to bestir himself: exert oneself, make
an effort, rouse oneself, get going, get moving, get on with it; informal shake a leg,
look lively, get cracking, get weaving, get one's finger out, get off one's backside,
...
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Embodiment: Clinical, Critical And Cultural Perspectives On ...
... thick—skinned To be tongue-in-check To bend someone's ear To bite one's
tongue To bleed someone dry To cut one's nose to spite one's face To elbow
someone out of the way To feel it in the bones To get one's finger out To get
something ...
MacLachlan, Malcolm, 2004
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Chambers concise dictionary
... on someone not to touch or harm them, point the finger at someone colloq to
blame or accuse them, pull or get one's finger out slang to make an effort to start
working more efficiently, put the finger on someone slang to fingerboard fire
inform ...
7
American Slang Dictionary and Thesaurus
... vTo reach a satisfactory level of organization. origins: From the practice of
lining like things up neatly, usAge inFo: Also used in the negative to speak of
disorganization or inability to organize. get one's finger out (of one's ass/butt) | get
wunz ...
8
Longman English-Chinese dictionary of English idioms
[V] iA get" nowhere see at nowhere get" © off one's chest" see at chest get" (off)
on the right foot -> start" (off) on the right foot get" on top of ® see at top 1 get"
one's claws into ® see at claws get" one's end" away see at end get" one's finger"
out ...
To get one's finger out (si) is" 'Nagel mit Kopfen machen' (si). Nagel mit Kopfen
machen (inf) is, however, 'to do the job properly' , while it is only under
lahmarschig that we eventually discover 'get your finger out.'' And so on and so
forth.
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The Works of John Ruskin
But once well entered, one may hit harder every minute — get one's finger out of
the way — and at last clench the matter with all the swing of one's arm. I consider
the public may be very fitly represented by a deal board, and all men who make ...
John Ruskin, Sir Edward Tyas Cook, Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn, 1904
