10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LET SLIP THROUGH ONE'S FINGERS»
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
The first term dates from the mid-1500s, the variant from the late 1500s. 2. Also,
let slip out. Reveal something, usually inadvertently, as in He let it slip out that he
had appliedfor the vacant position. [Mid1800s] 3. let slip through one's fingers.
to let slip through one's fingers H SLIP' to point the finger (at) W. POINT to put
one's finger on SS-gJKygtrj ; (Pn^fj/f f"E) (They are technicians but they can't put
their fingers on the cause of the accident. AH - BTftffefl to put the finger on Cffl) ; £
3f ...
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary: In 6 Volumes
I To let slip through one's fingers— To lose hold of ; flfpl C«t 351 I To look through
one's fingers at — To pretend not to see ; «C1 3tf ^fa«1 «tl ^51, cfpmt'S =tl cffl i To
snap one's finger — \jfe cf«al I To stir a finger — To make the least effort ; ^t3[« ...
1. lose, lose sight of, mislay, let slip, let slip through one's fingers; displace, misfile
, put in the wrong place, dislocate. 2. misapply, misdirect, give wrongly, give
unwisely; invest unwisely, invest illegally, employ improperly, use wrongly.
misprint, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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A Dictionary of Cliches
See imagination. let slip through one's fingers, A dictionary of clichés A-Z 253.
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Textbook on Legal Language and Legal Writing
To let slip through one's fingers: To lose an opportunity; to allow to escape; to let
go of one's hold. To twist or turn around with one's little finger: To have complete
control over; to make traceable. To have a finger in the pie: To take active part in
...
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
RT*t*TFT Wtt; to meddle, to interfere ^T, ^ETT 1 To have at one's fingers ends, to
have a perfect mastery over the subject ftW H Ijf 3Tf*T5R <R? 3T^T <R? ^HHl 1
To let slip through one's fingers, to lose hold of fW ^ I To the finger nails, ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Idioms: let slip, let slip through one's fingers, lose out on. See USED in Index. 3.
To get away from (a pursuer] : elude, evade, shake off, slip, throw off. Slang:
shake. Idiom: give someone the shake (or slip). See SEEK in Index. — See also
drop.
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Aangla Gaadhegalue Maththu Tatsama Kannada Gaadhegalue
Let the sleeping dog lie. (w) SLIP - 1882. There's many a slip betwixt the cup and
the lip. uod t) 1883. Let slip through one's fingers. L-io. wssSois . 1884. Let slip
the dogs of war. SSroC&w K30^rt90rf SMALL • t^tecu 0 1885. Small is beautiful.
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Book of Proverbs, Axioms, Popular Sayings
Let slip through one's fingers. Let slip the dogs of war. SMALL Small is beautiful.
The best things come in small packages. Of a small spark, a great fire. Small rain
allays great winds. SOLITUDE Solitude is often the best company. Safety lies in ...
Mrs. Jayanthi Madan, Sura College of Competition, 2004
