单词 | to have more —— in one's little finger than |
释义 | > as lemmasto have more —— in one's little finger than 2. As the type of the smallest, weakest, or least significant part of the body; esp. in to have more —— in one's little finger than (and variants).See also to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > typical examples of little fingerc1300 pear1340 hair1377 flea1388 a pin's head (also point)c1450 fitch1550 mouse1584 minnow1596 the pestle of a lark1598 nutshella1616 pinhead1662 pinpoint1670 rope yarn1751 bee's knee1797 peanut1864 postage stamp1881 c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 329 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 309 Ȝif he ne may with is luytel finguer ane man to sunne teche, with is felawe he tolleth next. c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 1106 (MED) For my luttel [c1400 Simeon leste] fynger more worþ is Þen such an hondred worldes ben. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xii. 10 My litle fynger shall be thicker then my fathers loynes. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 929/1 Openly pronouncing that Luther had more learnyng in hys litle finger then all the doctours in England in their whole bodyes. 1602 W. Temple Antiquodlibet iv. 139 They haue exchanged a Salomon for a Rehoboam: whose little finger will exceede in weight, the whole strength of her Maiesties body. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 175 He hath more in's little finger, then thou in thy whole body. 1736 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xiv. 34 He has mair wit in his little finger than ye have in a' your bouk. 1788 M. P. Andrews Belphegor ii. 24 I am but a woman, and his wife, but mark me, I have more sense in my little finger. 1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 15 Mar. 371/2 Mr. Jefferson's little finger is stronger than the collective loins of all the mighty coterie. 1920 N. Douglas They Went (1921) i. vii. 95 The druidess..had more wit in her little finger than he in all his skinny anatomy. 1933 J. Herbst Pity Not Enough (1998) i. 31 Bullock don't give a little finger for the black man. 1974 E. Jones Barlow comes to Judgement 127 You've only to lift a little finger to have me come running. 2001 Courier Mag. (Aberystwyth Univ. Students' Union) Mar. 21/1 More style in their little fingers than most national bands can muster. < as lemmas |
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