10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAY ONE'S FINGER ON»
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... lay challenge to something (bring something into challenge) lay figure lay it on
the line lav of the land lay one's finger on something (lay a finger on something)
lay one's hands on something lay one's hands to something (lay one 's hands on
...
Lay one's finger on Point out precisely where something is wrong or the cause of
trouble Very often one is misunderstood when one lays one's finger on the
weaknesses of others. Lay one's hopes upon Pin one's expectations or hopes
upon ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... IT ON THE LINE — LAY IT ON//THICK/ WITH A TROWEL — LAY LAVENDER
— LAY LOW — LAY OFF — LAY ON — LAY ON THE LINE — LAY ON THE
TABLE — LAY ONE'S FINGER ON — LAY ONE'S HANDS ON— to scold or
reprimand; ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... on Also, lay one's finger on. 1. Identify, as in I can'tput myfinger on the man in
that photo. [Late 18005] 2. See LAY A FINGER ON. put one's foot down Take a
firm stand, as in She put herfoot down and said we could not go to the carnival.
It's difficult to lay one's finger on it." "But please do lay your finger on it—as
heavily as you can, dear Jack." "Well, the simile will do for my impression. The
finger you lay on her is too heavy. You exaggerate things in her—over-
emphasize things.
Anne Douglas Sedgwick, 1925
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... detect, encounter, espy, hit (on or upon), meet (with), spot, turn up re/ discern,
discover, note, sight; distinguish, identify, recognize; dig up, scare up idiom bring
to light, come up with, fall in with, lay one's finger (on or upon), lay one's hand (on
...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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Dialectical Theologians: Wilhelm Herrmann, Karl Barth and ...
When Barth asks whether it would be possible to “claim that at t/Jis particular
place [in the text] the Spirit of Christ has spoken”, in other words literally “to lay
one's finger” on a precise verse, Bultmann responds: “one can in fact do this”“'*'.
Christophe Chalamet, 2005
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The Social Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi
It is such small seeds well sown that will grow into fruitful trees. One golden rule
to be scrupulously observed is not to judge others. It is always best to turn the
searchlight inwards and lay one's finger on one's own weakness and
shortcomings.
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The Strange Case of Billy Biswas
'The first thing that hit me about Bhubaneswar was the landscape, although there
was nothing that one could lay one's finger on. There was the usual coastal
vegetation, but I had seen enough of forests around Dehra Dun where our school
...
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The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren
And even when looking back, one can scarcely lay one's finger on the spot on the
calendar and say, "That was the time." In fact, three poems in this collection, "
Problem of Knowledge," "Calendar," and "Pacific Gazer," though fairly late in date
...
Robert Penn Warren, John Burt, 1998
