ЧТО ОЗНАЧАЕТ СЛОВО PUT THE FINGER ON
Значение слова put the finger on в словаре английский языка
Определение слова «пальцем» в словаре заключается в том, чтобы информировать или идентифицировать, особенно для полиции. Другое определение «положить пальцем» - это выбрать.
ЦИТАТЫ СО СЛОВОМ «PUT THE FINGER ON»
Известные цитаты и высказывания со словом
put the finger on.
Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me, for no good reason at all.
КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «PUT THE FINGER ON»
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In army circles the expression having your finger well in conveyed exactly the
same meaning. In criminal slang to put the finger on someone meant to inform
against that person, while getting your fingers burned or scorched (that is,
snuffing out ...
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 American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... the girls when she talked about AIDS. This phrase alludes to a time when most
people had a mingled feeling of dread and reverence toward the deity. [Late
1800s] put the finger on Inform on, as in The witness put the finger on the
defendant.
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Cognitive Function Analysis
Depress : Look for the key to press; put the finger on the key; press; verify that the
expected action is performed. Enter : Look at the field to be selected; verify the
data format; put the finger on the touchpad; move the finger until the spot is in the
...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
Irish put the finger on inform against someone to the authorities. informal put your
finger on identify something exactly. 1988 Glenn PattersonBurning Your Own
There was something about the dinette that struck him as peculiar, but he couldn't
...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
put the finger on (slang) to finger (a criminal, etc.). — slip through someone's
fingers to manage to escape from someone. — twist someone round one's little
finger (coll) to be able to get what one wants from someone. [OE] fingerboard n
the ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton,
1992
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
lift a finger or hand see under LIFT. • point the finger at someone colloa 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 finger (verb 4) (a
criminal ...
TECHNOLOGY Australians put the finger on smog Two-phase model of smog
formation helps to determine and control build-up of concentrations in the
atmosphere but not all the important carbon or organic compounds that are ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
... especially with the intention of harming them. put the finger on informal inform
against (someone) to the authorities. put something on the long finger Irish
postpone consideration of something; put something off: don't put retirement
planning ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: ...
1965; prob. ex US, an extension of put the finger on, q.v. (P.B.) finger and thumb.
A road: c. rhyming on gipsy drum, q.v.: late C.19-20.—2. Rum: gen. rhyming s:—
1851 (Mayhew, I). 'Ducange Anglicus', 1857, records it as finger-thumb, a form ...
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale,
1984
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «PUT THE FINGER ON»
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Human finger found in fish: Police trace it back to man, 31, who lost it …
Mr Calvin put the finger on ice and called the Bonner County, Idaho, sheriff's office, the ... The sheriff's office offered to return the finger, but Galassi declined. «Daily Mail, Сен 12»
Androgen Exposure May Put the Finger on ALS Risk
Note that prenatal levels of testosterone are thought to play a role in motor neuron function, and that the ratio of index-to-ring-finger length is at least in part ... «MedPage Today, Май 11»